 The shield and the cross stand for "fides" in both its literal and derived meaning; with the sun and the wings representing "virtus".Former students of the college are known as Old Kingswoodians

Kingswood College maintains close ties with their rival school, Dharmaraja College, with whom they play the annual 
Dharmaraja–Kingswood Cricket Encounter, also known as Battle of the Maroons,
which is the second oldest annual cricket match in Sri Lanka and the oldest in Kandy region.While the "L E Blaze Trophy" annual rugby match is played against Wesley College, "The William Weerasinghe" rugby match is played against Dharmaraja College.