Los Angeles Lakers logo and symbol, meaning, history, PNG
- It is a professional team participating in the league’s Western Conference Pacific Division.
- The Los Angeles Lakers logo has undergone quite a few alterations throughout the brand’s history.
- 1947 — 1960 The first version of the emblem was created in 1947, when the team was based in Minneapolis and was called Minneapolis Lakers.
- The earliest Lakers emblem featured a white map of its home state, Minnesota, on a brown and black outline basketball.
- 1960 — 1967 In 1960, when the team moved from Minneapolis to Los Angeles, the need for a new logo arose.
- It comprised the words “Lakers” and “Los Angeles” written in red purple over a gold basketball.
- This was the first time when the characteristic streaks appeared in the logo.
- The gold of the basketball moved closer to yellow, while the red purple was replaced by a light purple lilac.
- 2001 — Today The wordmark “Los Angeles Lakers” in dark purple is the visual center of the emblem.
- For the outline, designers chose the black color.
- However, the shape of the wordmark and the basketball is exactly the same.
- Font The wordmark has peculiar stretched lines symbolizing the speed of the players.
- This visual element was first used in 1960, in the earliest version of the LA emblem.
- Color The current logo comprises all the three team’s colors: purple, gold and white.
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