Bright yellows and blues were painted onto the court in a bid to attract locals and children to the game. The current logo, updated, in 2015, is the 1978 logo with a blue ring that says “PHILADELPHIA” in white on top, and it has five white stars spread out curved along the bottom of the logo. Phoenix Suns

The first Detroit Pistons logo in 1957 was “Detroit Pistons” outlined in orange and “Basketball Club” in solid orange below with “National Basketball Assn” in blue. The whole logo is encircled in blue. The original logo, introduced in 1946 for Philadelphia Warriors, was composed of a simple yet funny image of a Native American man executed in purple lines and a yellow basketball. The script diagonal “Warriors” inscription is placed over the image and balanced by a yellow feather in the man’s hair. 1951 — 1962 From 1971 to 1978, the Braves used a logo with a light blue “B” and attached to the end of it was a red feather. Underneath in red was “Buffalo Braves.”

New York Knickerbockers

The redesigning of 2010 brought up a fresh insignia for the basketball team — a light blue loop medallion in a double yellow-blue outline with an elegant and sophisticated image of the bridge drawn on it in yellow lines. The blue wordmark in all capitals was placed on both upper and bottom parts of the medallion and executed in a classy serif typeface with wide and solid contours of the letters and delicate sharp serifs. 2019 — Today However, yellow is a primary color on both the RYB and the CMYK color models. So, the only easy way to make it in paint is to add a lot of white to orange. Yet, even then, the yellow will appear less vibrant than a natural yellow. The next logo in 1976 has a slight color change with the basketball looking more gold and the “P” being a lighter blue. There is also a wordmark of “Indiana Pacers” to the right of the “P.”

The yellow circle was redrawn as a basketball in 1975. The “14” was removed and the California silhouette was enlarged. The color palette remained untouched and the logo looked bright and strong. 1988 — 1997 In 1996, the team revamped its logo, adding a horse’s head with a flaming mane and “Pistons” running across it. Both of the “s” letters act as tailpipes to stay with the “Motor City” theme. A red basketball is behind the horse and enclosed is a teal ring with “Detroit” in white at the bottom.Mixing paint and ink are subtractive mixing methods, which means the two colors are swirled together and combined to create a new color. However, when using additive mixing, like in lights, you’re simply adding one color on top of another to make a new hue. When you look at it like that, it’s less surprising that the results aren’t consistent. The team then moved to Kansas City-Omaha in 1972, and staying with the final Cincinnati logo, it put “KANSAS CITY-OMAHA” at the bottom of the logo curved around and “KINGS” at the base of the crown in white. Then, the logo changed in 1975 with the half-basketball becoming a lighter blue and “KANSAS CITY” appearing at the top of the crown in light blue. An updated version of the logo followed with the United States map being white with “SYRACUSE Nationals” in a dark blue font inside it and blue stars surrounding the logo. In 1969, the team made slight changes to the logo with “bullets” matching the lighter blue of “BALTIMORE” and the basketball being a lighter orange. The RYB color wheel is the one we all learn in our early art classes. It uses red, yellow, and blue as the primary colors. Two primary colors can be used to create secondary colors, and a primary color and a secondary color can be mixed together to make a tertiary color.

The current Kings logo, unveiled in 2016, is a play on the final Kansas City logo, but in purple and gray. The cityscape crown is purple with “SACRAMENTO” in white. Below that is “KINGS” in bold purple and the half-basketball in gray with white seams. San Antonio Spurs The team made some changes to the logo in 2008, adding white to the wolf’s face, a lighter green on the trees and “TIMBERWOLVES” with a more normal font in white.

Memphis Grizzlies

The team completely redesigned its logo in 1979 as they still had a red, white and blue theme, but incorporated the state of New Jersey in it in white, with “New Jersey” right next to it. “Nets” appeared in a white wordmark near the bottom of the logo.