 The revised logo has a darker shade of blue over the black logo, compared to the old design, which had a shade similar to teal on top of black.By the time they had been announced as the 29th NFL team in October 1993, the Panthers' logo and helmet design had already been finalized, but the uniform design was still under creation.After discussion, the Panthers organization decided on jerseys colored white, black, and blue, and pants colored white and silver.