 Chelsea 's away colours are usually all yellow or all white with blue trim . More recently , the club have had a number of black or dark blue away kits . As with most teams , they have also had some more unusual ones . At Docherty 's behest , in the 1966 FA Cup semi @-@ final they wore blue and black stripes , based on Inter Milan 's kit . In the mid @-@ 1970s , the away strip was a red , white and green kit inspired by the Hungarian national side of the 1950s . Other memorable away kits include an all jade strip worn from 1986 – 89 , red and white diamonds from 1990 – 92 , graphite and tangerine from 1994 – 96 , and luminous yellow from 2007 – 08 . The graphite and tangerine strip often appears in lists of the worst football kits ever . 
