From there, the franchise moved to Milwaukee in 1951. The team shortened the name to “Hawks” and changed the logo to a white hawk, outlined in red, carrying a basketball with the basket underneath and the “Milwaukee Hawks” in a parabolic shape. The final Washington Bullets logo in 1987 is a similar concept to the previous logo, except “Washington” is removed, there is a different font for “Bullets,” and the hands look ready to grab the basketball, which is red again with white seams. Even though yellow and blue can result in more than one color, that’s not the same for every mixture. Mixtures like red and yellow always make some type of orange. So, it all depends on what colors you’re using. If your green doesn’t turn out as expected, it’s likely because it’s difficult to find pure blue or pure yellow paint. Instead, you might find more specific hues like ultramarine blue or cadmium yellow. Some types of red, blue, and yellow have other colors mixed into them. In fact, a blue or yellow paint might even have a touch of red to alter the appearance.

In 1984, the team completely changed the logo to a red wordmark “CAVS” with the “V” acting as a basket and a red basketball on top of the “V” with white netting attached to the ball. In 2004, Charlotte became the Bobcats with the inaugural logo being a roaring dark orange bobcat with “BOBCATS” above it and the wordmark “Charlotte” on top.

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The current Grizzlies logo, updated for the 2018 season, shows a larger version of the grizzly bear, outlined in gray, with “MEMPHIS” having two darker tones of blue and “GRIZZLIES” being straight under “MEMPHIS” and in a darker blue, instead of being curved like the previous logo. Miami Heat From 1979 to 1996, the design of the logo was transformed to a red and white logo with “Detroit Pistons” appearing in the center of a basketball outline. The red basketball outline is encircled by a blue ring. Even though blue and yellow are both primary colors on the painting color wheel, you can use other paints to create them. For blue, you will have to look at the subtractive color model of CMYK, which is usually used for ink. On that chart, cyan and magenta mix together to make blue. In 1976, a slight change was made to the logo with the circle gone and “Denver” being in red and “Nuggets” being in blue with a unique font. The Los Angeles Clippers were once the Buffalo Braves. In 1970, they introduced their first Braves logo featuring a yellow basketball with red feathers on top and inside of the basketball was a blue buffalo. Under the basketball was the wordmark “Buffalo Braves.”

From 1998-2012, the team’s logo returned to the shield design from the first logo with a ring around the shield. Inside the shield, a silver basketball was featured. The color scheme changed as the red got darker, navy blue was the change of blue, and the team added silver and gray. The first Minnesota Timberwolves logo in 1989 is an aggressive-looking wolf in blue and white, inside a green ring on top of a gray basketball with a blue outline. “MINNESOTA” appears small and in cursive in light green at the bottom of the logo and “TIMBERWOLVES” is larger in blue beneath the “MINNESOTA” wordmark.The lines of the Golden State Warriors emblem were cleaned and refined in 1988. The yellow shade of the palette became a bit darker and smoother color while the lettering gained a new sleek typeface with rounded bold lines and softened angles. 1997 — 2010 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.” The first Denver Nuggets logo in 1974 featured a miner with a red beard and an axe in his right hand and basketball in his left with his legs spread apart. “Denver Nuggets” was curved around the miner in blue with a circle around the miner and team name. Gold resin lines run across the court in a vein-like manner, connecting the broken up pieces of worn grey concrete.

It might seem confusing that one color mixture can have three different results. Yet, when you focus on the different color models, it’s easier to understand. Blue and yellow mix to create different colors because the process of mixing different mediums varies. Basketball player Kofi Josephs and Birmingham graffiti artist Zuke have revamped a basketball court in Summerfield Park, Birmingham. The Utah Jazz started as the New Orleans Jazz from 1974 to 1979. The New Orleans logo featured a purple “JAZZ” wordmark with the “J” being a jazz note, and at the end of the “J” was a purple, yellow and green colored basketball. “New Orleans” appeared on top of the “JAZZ” wordmark in bold above of both Z’s. From 2011 to 2015, the team changed its colors to red, white, and blue, and the logo had those colors. Also, “WIZARDS” has a more modern and futuristic font.

From 2004 to 2010, the only changes to the logo were color alterations, which made “JAZZ” all in light blue with the ring around the mountains and basketball a navy-blue color. “UTAH” is in gray inside of the ring at the top. 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