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National Professional Basketball League Official Colors (1950-1951)

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A historical record of official team colors for all professional sports franchises in the National Professional Basketball League (1951). All Hex/HTML, RGB and CMYK color code information is representative of current PANTONE® color publications on coated paper stock and within the sRGB color space unless specifically noted. Estimated colors are indicated with asterisks (*).


HISTORICAL FRANCHISE RECORDS
ANDERSON PACKERS (1950-1951)
FRANCHISE COLORS
1950-1951: Blue, White
PRIMARY COLORS
BLUE
* PANTONE 294 C
* #002F6C
* R0 G47 B108
* C100 M74 Y0 K45
WHITE
White
#FFFFFF
R255 G255 B255
C0 M0 Y0 K0
DENVER REFINERS (1950-1951)
FRANCHISE COLORS
1950-1951: Blue, Gold, Red, White
PRIMARY COLORS
BLUE
* PANTONE 294 C
* #002F6C
* R0 G47 B108
* C100 M74 Y0 K45
GOLD
* PANTONE 123 C
* #FFC72C
* R255 G199 B44
* C0 M16 Y89 K0
RED
* PANTONE 199 C
* #D50032
* R213 G0 B50
* C0 M100 Y79 K0
WHITE
White
#FFFFFF
R255 G255 B255
C0 M0 Y0 K0
EVANSVILLE AGOGANS (1950-1951)
FRANCHISE COLORS
1950-1951: unknown
GRAND RAPIDS HORNETS (1950-1951)
FRANCHISE COLORS
1950-1951: Red, Blue, White
PRIMARY COLORS
RED
* PANTONE 199 C
* #D50032
* R213 G0 B50
* C0 M100 Y79 K0
BLUE
* PANTONE 294 C
* #002F6C
* R0 G47 B108
* C100 M74 Y0 K45
WHITE
White
#FFFFFF
R255 G255 B255
C0 M0 Y0 K0
KANSAS CITY HI-SPOTS (1950-1951)
FRANCHISE COLORS
1950-1951: Green, Gold, White
PRIMARY COLORS
GREEN
* PANTONE 349 C
* #046A38
* R4 G106 B56
* C85 M3 Y91 K44
GOLD
* PANTONE 123 C
* #FFC72C
* R255 G199 B44
* C0 M16 Y89 K0
WHITE
White
#FFFFFF
R255 G255 B255
C0 M0 Y0 K0
LOUISVILLE ALUMNITES (1950-1951)
FRANCHISE COLORS
1950-1951: Blue, White
PRIMARY COLORS
BLUE
* PANTONE 294 C
* #002F6C
* R0 G47 B108
* C100 M74 Y0 K45
WHITE
White
#FFFFFF
R255 G255 B255
C0 M0 Y0 K0
ST. PAUL LIGHTS (1950-1951)
FRANCHISE COLORS
1950-1951: Navy, Chartreuse, White
PRIMARY COLORS
NAVY
* PANTONE 282 C
* #041E42
* R4 G30 B66
* C100 M72 Y0 K73
CHARTREUSE
* PANTONE 354 C
* #00B140
* R0 G177 B64
* C85 M0 Y98 K0
WHITE
White
#FFFFFF
R255 G255 B255
C0 M0 Y0 K0
SHEBOYGAN RED SKINS (1950-1951)
FRANCHISE COLORS
1950-1951: Cardinal, Blue, White
PRIMARY COLORS
CARDINAL
* PANTONE 200 C
* #BA0C2F
* R186 G12 B47
* C0 M100 Y76 K13
BLUE
* PANTONE 294 C
* #002F6C
* R0 G47 B108
* C100 M74 Y0 K45
WHITE
White
#FFFFFF
R255 G255 B255
C0 M0 Y0 K0
WATERLOO HAWKS (1950-1951)
FRANCHISE COLORS
1950-1951: Black, Gold, White
PRIMARY COLORS
BLACK
Black C
#010101
R1 G1 B1
C0 M0 Y0 K100
GOLD
* PANTONE 123 C
* #FFC72C
* R255 G199 B44
* C0 M16 Y89 K0
WHITE
White
#FFFFFF
R255 G255 B255
C0 M0 Y0 K0

– indicates NEW records for the current season
* – indicates estimated values
+ – indicates derived values


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As well as being the founder of TruColor (formerly ColorWerx and The Society for Sports Uniforms Research), I am also a database developer and run a software development and consulting business with my wife Amy. The company is called Ethx. I have been interested in logos and uniforms since the early '70s, and am especially interested in team colors, including color science. I have also been a professional musician for 40+ years as well, and received a Bachelor's degree in Music (jazz studies - performance and arranging emphasis) from North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas) in 1985.