Colours and Badge
| Contemporary colours |
| Original colours |
The first badge to be worn on Wolves shirts was the coat of arms of Wolverhampton City Council, usually worn on special occasions such as cup finals. In the late 1960s, Wolves introduced their own club badge consisting of a single leaping wolf, which later became three leaping wolves in the 1970s. In 1979, Wolves changed to the now modern wolf-head badge.
The club's traditional colours allude to the city council's motto "out of darkness cometh light" with the gold and black representing light and darkness respectively. In the club's early days the team sported various versions of these colours including gold and black stripes and gold and black diagonal halves. It remains one of the most famous and recognisable strips in British football today.
Wolves' traditional away colour is all white, although the current away kit is a teal outfit reminiscent of their iconic 'wolf head' design from the mid-90s.
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