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Valvoline Logo

Valvoline logo and symbol, meaning, history, PNG

  • While its logo has been updated around seven times, the core of the design has remained unchanged for more than half a century.
  • Meaning and history 1886 The earliest Valvoline logo featured the name of the company in yellow over the dark green background.
  • The writing featured a simple sans with letters of varying height (higher at the ends, shorter at the center).
  • 1941 The shield disappeared, the name of the company went white.
  • 1965 The iconic “V” symbol that has been the centerpiece of the logo ever since was introduced.
  • The glyph was formed by two overlapping transparent parallelograms (a red and a blue one).
  • Below, you could see the word “Valvoline” in red.
  • The type and the way the height of the letters varied were very similar to the previous logos.
  • 1976 The brand’s name grew dark blue.
  • 1980 The red square disappeared.
  • The difference in the height of the letters became less noticeable.
  • 1987 Both the red and blue parallelogram slightly modified their colors.
  • The type was completely updated – it was now a smaller and more dynamic one, with highly italicized letters.
  • 1997 The two horizontal bars disappeared, which resulted in a cleaner logo.

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