# football uniform colors **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 15, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-uniform-colors/207651 "2003-10-15T21:21:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-uniform-colors/207651/1 "2003-10-15T21:21:08Z")
I don t even know how many fottball teams there are, professionally, but I was wondering about uniform colors. Team colors. What is the most common combo? The least? ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-uniform-colors/207651/2 "2003-10-15T22:02:16Z")
I dunno. I think technically white is the most popular color since every team has a white jersey color. More specifically (and I’m doing this from memory so I’m not guaranteeing 100% accuracy), AFC North Pittsburgh - black & yellow Cleveland- brown & orange (It’s Halloween!!) Cincinnati - black & orange Baltimore - black & purple AFC North NY Jets - Green Buffalo - Blue & red New England - Navy blue, silver, red Indianapolis - blue AFC South Jacksonville - Turquoise, black, gold Tennessee - Navy blue, Columbia blue, red Miami - Turquoise, orange Houston - black & red AFC West Oakland - silver & black Kansas City - Red & yellow San Diego - Blue & yellow Denver - Blue & orange NFC Central Chicago - navy blue (almost black) & orange Minnesota - purple & yellow Green Bay - Green & yellow Detroit - “Honolulu” Blue & silver NFC East Philadelphia - green & silver NY Giants - red & blue Dallas - navy blue & silver Washington - maroon & yellow NFC South Tampa Bay - dark orange & pewter New Orleans - black & gold Atlanta - red & black Carolina - Columbia blue, silver & black NFC West San Francisco - red & gold St. Louis - blue & gold Phoenix - red Seattle - Blue, green & silver That’s the data, I think. You do the math as to which combinations are most popular. ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-uniform-colors/207651/3 "2003-10-15T22:28:31Z")
I read somewhere that according to the the makers of letter jackets, blue and gold is the most popular high school color combination. Unfortunately, I cannot cite that. But without any question, the _best_ team colors are [maroon and orange](http://www.lic.vt.edu/images/hokiebird.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![daniel801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@daniel801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daniel801)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-uniform-colors/207651/4 "2003-10-15T22:33:17Z")
[http://msn.espn.go.com/page2/s/uniform/round6/broncos\_michigan.html](http://msn.espn.go.com/page2/s/uniform/round6/broncos_michigan.html) Try this link for ESPN’s best uniform battle. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-uniform-colors/207651/5 "2003-10-16T14:14:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by zamboniracer \* > \*\* > Cleveland- brown & orange (It’s Halloween!!) > \*\* and I think **boo** would be the appropriate response in both cases. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![whatami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85f322/32.png) [@whatami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatami)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-uniform-colors/207651/6 "2003-10-16T15:23:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vanilla \* > \*\*and I think **boo** would be the appropriate response in both cases. > 😉 \*\* LOL ---
**Author:** ![NFlanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@NFlanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NFlanders)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-uniform-colors/207651/7 "2003-10-16T17:38:26Z")
Very minor nitpick: [Houston](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Texans) is dark blue, red and white (patterned after the Texas state flag. However, until very recently I thought that Chicago was black and orange, so what do I know. ---
**Author:** ![Jdeforrest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@Jdeforrest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jdeforrest)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-uniform-colors/207651/8 "2003-10-16T17:58:19Z")
In a intro psych course that I took, I read in the textbook that during a study they found that more aggressive people often chose darker colors. They also found that teams wearing darker colors were often penalized more. They didn’t make conclusions as to whether the referrees see the darker team as the bad guys or where it was because the aggressive people took darker colors. Exploring Psychology, Meyers 4th edition Just thought that was interesting. I’m suprised teams don’t pick lighter colors because of that little fact. ---
**Author:** ![Threadkiller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@Threadkiller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Threadkiller)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-uniform-colors/207651/9 "2003-10-16T19:40:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jdeforrest \* > \*\*In a intro psych course that I took, I read in the textbook that during a study they found that more aggressive people often chose darker colors. They also found that teams wearing darker colors were often penalized more. They didn’t make conclusions as to whether the referrees see the darker team as the bad guys or where it was because the aggressive people took darker colors. Exploring Psychology, Meyers 4th edition > > Just thought that was interesting. I’m suprised teams don’t pick lighter colors because of that little fact. \*\* I could see this stat being skewed by just two teams in the NFL. The Raiders (Silver and Black) are typically the most penalized team but this is almost a matter of team pride. The Dolphins (Aqua and Orange) under Shula were usually one of the least penalized teams. Again this was something the team (especially the coach) placed an emphasis on. I have heard (FWIW) that color selection is trending toward darker colors due to the fact that apparel and paraphernalia sales are higher. The “third jersey” that NBA teams are now coming out with is often black or at least predominately darker than the other jerseys. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-uniform-colors/207651/10 "2003-10-17T20:06:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Threadkiller \* > \*\*The Raiders (Silver and Black) are typically the most penalized team but this is almost a matter of team pride. \*\* Don’t have a cite, but have heard that most of their penalities were of the non-agressive nature - e.g., offsides as opposed to unspostmanlike conduct. Just sloppy play. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-uniform-colors/207651/11 "2003-10-18T03:35:14Z")
Nitpick #2- The Buccaneer’s colors are red and pewter. Orange has been abandoned completely. Oh, and the NFC Central no longer exists- which you noted for the AFC, oddly enough 😉