[nobius]

Now that the new name/logo has been found, what do you think of the logo?




I like it. The orange & blue remind me of the old Astros' colors, the man on the horse could be like the Sam Houston statue, and I can't tell if those things on the bottom are ropes or cannons. What do you think?

[bford]

The good thing is we will know all of the particuliars tomorrow, but we have most of the idea now... like is it black and orange or navy and orange... I hope it's black and orange personally..

rock

bford

[chrishungate]

I like it. Yeah...I think it's a silhouette of the Sam Houston statue - nice touch. And at closer look I don't think those are cannon's on bottom, but just ornamentation/decorative elements.

Also...according to my Photoshop conversion, it's Black and Orange. PMS Black usually translates to a dark gray on screen. That's my take on it anyway.

But I'd go for dark blue or black. Guess we'll know for sure soon enough.

[nobius]

I don't know if it's purely black. Photoshop's eyedrop tool reveals an RGB of 35/31/32 for the inner dark part. More like a dark blue. The orange is 243/138/30.

[Lowecifer]

Is that an oil derrick superimposed on a star? Is it supposed to be the love child of the Oilers and Cowboys?

I like the colors and the name, but I think that star is going to look goofy. I'll be interested to see how it looks on the shirt.

[chrishungate]

You're right...it's not purely black on screen. But if you take PMS Black and then find it's Pantone-certified RGB equivalent (Using the Art Director's Toolkit on my Mac) you get R:51 G:43 B:36

And PMS Process Black is even closer at R:43 G:41 B:38.

You'd have to get up around 50 or 60 on the Blue value for it to be a blue and it would have very little red in it at all (even the slightest bit of red turns it purple).

I've been a graphic designer/web designer for 10 years so color is my business. Not trying to boast, just cite my credentials for reliability's sake.

[nobius]

Originally Posted by chrishungate

I've been a graphic designer/web designer for 10 years so color is my business. Not trying to boast, just cite my credentials for reliability's sake.

I'll defer to your knowledge since my PS skills are very weak. I only deal with touching up photos to use in product reviews. I think I was just hoping for blue since that's an old Astros color and I can bust out with my Biggio jersey.

Orange and black it is then. I can't figure out what the swirls are. They look like ropes when I use Mac OS X's zoom tool (for some reason it's better than PS at zooming) but it could be the back of a cannon.

[.César.]

I love it. I think it will look great when positioned in the right place on the jersey. I think those "ornaments" on the bottom are ropes, but not sure.

Can't wait 'til tomorrow.

[chapulincolorado]

Heyyyyyy!!!!!

Love it!

[fordfjord]

They sure pulled it fast off the MLS site...

Maybe it is black. Maybe that's just for the shield. Maybe the jerseys will be orange, orange and white, or orange and black. I don't see them being solid black, although that would look neat...

The curly bits look like the wrought iron work you'd see in an old fence or balcony rail.