Company milestone · 1946
The franchise was founded as the Detroit Gems of the National Basketball League. [1]
Los Angeles Lakers Logo
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About Los Angeles Lakers
Professional basketball team
The Los Angeles Lakers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. They play in the Pacific Division of the NBA’s Western Conference and hold home games at Crypto.com Arena.
The franchise began in 1946 as the Detroit Gems of the National Basketball League. After one season Ben Berger and Morris Chalfen bought it, moved it to Minneapolis and renamed it the Lakers, after Minnesota’s nickname, the Land of 10,000 Lakes; the team moved to Los Angeles before the 1960–61 season.
The team colours are purple, gold and white. The Lakers logo consists of the team name, “Los Angeles Lakers”, written in purple on top of a gold basketball.
Sources: [1]
Company: National Basketball Association.
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Logo history & brand milestones
One logo record is catalogued. The milestones below are dated separately from it.
Franchise origins, relocations and ownership changes, the 1967 switch to purple and gold, and the logo dates given in the cited sources. Company and product dates are labelled separately from design changes.
Company milestone · 1947
Ben Berger and Morris Chalfen bought the franchise for $15,000, moved it to Minnesota and changed its name from the Gems to the Lakers. [1]
Company milestone · 1960
Owner Bob Short moved the Lakers to Los Angeles. The uniforms kept the blue and white scheme and gained cursive “Los Angeles” lettering. [1] [2]
Visual identity milestone · 1967
Jack Kent Cooke bought the Lakers, moved them to The Forum and changed the uniforms to purple, known as Forum blue until the early 1980s, and gold, with a slanted “Lakers” script. [2]
Company milestone · 1979
Jack Kent Cooke sold the Lakers, with the Los Angeles Kings, the Forum and some real estate, to Jerry Buss. [1]
Visual identity milestone · 1999
Before the 1999–2000 season the Lakers unveiled a new uniform set with a modernised “Lakers” script and no drop shadows. [2]
Logo milestone · 2001
Wikipedia’s chronological list of Lakers logos dates the current primary logo, the team name in purple over a gold basketball, from 2001. [1] [2]
Logo milestone · 2002
With a white alternate uniform unveiled in the 2002–03 season, the Lakers released an alternate logo with a purple “L” outside a gold basketball. [2]
Research sources
- Los Angeles Lakers ↗ · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-25
- Logos and uniforms of the Los Angeles Lakers ↗ · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-25
Compiled 2026-09-25 by AI-assisted source review. Each statement links its sources; an editor has not yet independently confirmed them.
Colour sample
Sampled artwork colours
Orange (primary sample)Primary
- HEX
- #FFBB22
- RGB
- 255, 187, 34
Text contrast on white1.7:1 · Fail
Text contrast on near-black11.14:1 · AAA
Purple (accent sample)Accent
- HEX
- #552288
- RGB
- 85, 34, 136
Text contrast on white10.66:1 · AAA
Text contrast on near-black1.77:1 · Fail
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Design context
Logo design & typography notes
The Lakers name comes from Minnesota’s nickname, the Land of 10,000 Lakes, and was kept after the move to Los Angeles.
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When did Los Angeles Lakers change its logo?
2001: Wikipedia’s chronological list of Lakers logos dates the current primary logo, the team name in purple over a gold basketball, from 2001. 2002: With a white alternate uniform unveiled in the 2002–03 season, the Lakers released an alternate logo with a purple “L” outside a gold basketball. [1] [2]
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