Editing Toronto Raptors (section)

==Logos and uniforms==

===Logos===
[[File:Toronto Raptors wordmark 2015-current.png|thumb|upright=0.68|Wordmark logo for the Raptors (2015–present)]]
Fueled by the success of the ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'' film and the popularity of non-avian dinosaurs with younger audiences, who would grow up to be fans of the franchise, the team's first logo originally featured an aggressive-looking, featherless red ''[[Velociraptor]]'' wearing white sneakers with exposed toe-claws dribbling a silver-coloured basketball. The team's original colours were purple, bright red, black and "Naismith silver" (in honour of the Canadian inventor of basketball, [[James Naismith]]). The logo proved to be very popular among fans, as by the end of 1994, the Raptors were seventh in the league in merchandise sales.<ref name="groundwork"/> For the 2008−09 season, the franchise dropped the colour purple from the original logo, making bright red the predominant colour in both the logo and the team's jerseys.

On December 19, 2014, the Toronto Raptors unveiled a new primary logo, which the team described as "a circular shield with a ball torn by the unmistakable attack of a Raptor".<ref name="NewRaptorsLogo">{{cite press release|title=Raptors Unveil New Primary Logo|url=https://www.nba.com/raptors/press-releases/logo_121914|publisher=NBA Media Ventures|website=www.nba.com|date=December 19, 2014|access-date=May 15, 2016|archive-date=May 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526112016/https://www.nba.com/raptors/press-releases/logo_121914|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Court art====
The Toronto Raptors used various court art over the team's existence. For retro games, the Raptors used the [[Toronto Huskies]] logo, given that the Raptors are among the newest NBA teams and the Huskies are the Raptors' unofficial geographical predecessor. Beginning in [[2017–18 Toronto Raptors season|early 2018]], in some games, the Raptors use the Welcome Toronto logo, as the Raptors have strong connections with Toronto-based rapper [[Drake (musician)|Drake]], as well as the 3D Raptors logo. [[Scotiabank]] subsidiary [[Tangerine Bank]]'s name and logo are printed on the court as well (Tangerine Bank was formerly [[ING Direct]]<!--Do not bypass redirect per [[WP:NOTBROKEN]]--> Canada, until Scotiabank purchased the company in 2012 and re-branded it in 2013).

===Uniforms===

====Uniform evolution====
The uniforms the Raptors unveiled prior to the 1995–96 season, and wore until 1999, had black and white tears as pinstripes, edgy asymmetric lettering, a raptor claw on one side of the shorts, a raptor biting the ‘T’ of the ‘TR’ franchise acronym on the other side; and featured a red giant and aggressive ''Velociraptor'' dribbling a basketball (as depicted on the franchise logo) in the middle of the jersey. The Raptors unveiled these new jerseys in 1999−2000, launching a unique road jersey that had a purple front and a black back. In 2003−04, the Raptors introduced a solid red alternate that would become the main road jersey in 2006−07 onward as purple was dropped from the team's colour scheme. From the 2008−09 season through the 2014−15 season, the Raptors unveiled their alternate black road uniforms, which were actually worn as often as the primary red ones.
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====2015 redesign====
On August 3, 2015, the Toronto Raptors unveiled four new uniforms. The uniforms were released in partnership with [[2K Sports]]' ''[[NBA 2K16]]'' video game. The team said in a press release that the new uniform designs were intended to pay tribute to the city of Toronto and to Canada as a whole, noting that the Raptors were the sole Canadian club in the NBA since the Grizzlies' move to Memphis. The main colours would remain centred on [[National colours of Canada|Canada's national colours of red and white]], whereas black and silver will continue to be used for trim on the white home and red road uniforms. The uniforms themselves underwent changes. Most notably, the chevrons on the side panels now point up, which the team said aligns with its current slogan of "We The North". Since being introduced as a uniform accent in 1999, the chevrons had pointed downward, the team said. In addition, at the waist-level hem of the jersey is an upside-down tag with the team's "We The North" slogan. The team said the slogan on the tag will be visible to players when they tuck in their jerseys. Additionally, the shorts now feature a maple leaf logo on the front of the waistband, and the letter "T" is now on the sides of the shorts with the Raptors' basketball claw logo below it. This is a reference to the city of Toronto's [[Name of Toronto#Nicknames|"T-Dot" nickname]]. The Raptors also have an alternate road uniform based on Drake's [[OVO Sound|October's Very Own (OVO) Sound]] record label.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Raptors Unveil New Uniforms|url=http://www.nba.com/raptors/press-releases/uniforms-080315|publisher=NBA Media Ventures|website=www.nba.com|date=August 3, 2015|access-date=August 11, 2015|archive-date=August 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806191047/http://www.nba.com/raptors/press-releases/uniforms-080315|url-status=live}}</ref>
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====2017 onward====
In 2017, as part of the NBA's partnership with Nike, each team was allotted four primary uniforms, classified as "editions".<ref>{{cite press release|title=Nike and the NBA Reveal the First of the League's 2017-18 Game Uniforms|url=https://news.nike.com/news/nike-nba-game-uniforms|publisher=Nike|website=nike.com|date=June 18, 2017|access-date=March 4, 2020|archive-date=February 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207091250/https://news.nike.com/news/nike-nba-game-uniforms|url-status=live}}</ref> The Raptors made small changes to their regular home (now called "Association edition") and road (now the "Icon edition") uniforms, as well as their alternate ("Statement edition") uniforms. In addition, each franchise was also given new "City edition" uniforms, conceived by Nike as a way of commemorating each of the NBA teams' city history and pride. For the 2018–19 season, the Raptors were one of the franchises awarded "Earned edition" uniforms, by virtue of qualifying in the 2018 playoffs. The 2021−22 version of the "City edition" brought back the original Velociraptor, albeit in black and gold and facing the opposite direction.

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====Jersey sponsors====
In the 2017 off-season, the Raptors announced that Toronto-based [[Sun Life Financial]] is the team's jersey sponsor starting in the [[2017–18 Toronto Raptors season|2017–18 season]].<ref name="RaptorsSunLife" />

====Throwback and other jerseys====
On December 8, 2009, the Raptors introduced a blue-and-white [[Throwback uniform|throwback jersey]] to commemorate the [[Toronto Huskies]] of the Basketball Association of America, regarded by many as the unofficial, geographical predecessor of the Raptors.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Raptors Announce Hardwood Classics Schedule and Unveil Huskies Uniform|url=http://www.nba.com/raptors/news/raptors_huskies_release_120709.html|publisher=NBA Media Ventures|website=www.nba.com|date=December 7, 2009|access-date=August 23, 2016|archive-date=October 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031075119/http://www.nba.com/raptors/news/raptors_huskies_release_120709.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The uniforms were the same as those worn by the Huskies during the [[1946–47 Toronto Huskies season|1946–47 season]], with the exception of the nickname and length of the shorts. These uniforms were worn in six games in the 2009–10 season and have since been used as "retro" jerseys, worn during special "Huskies Nights".

In the [[2016–17 NBA season]], the Raptors not only unveiled the season's "retro" uniforms in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Toronto Huskies, but also revealed a Huskies-themed throwback court.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Raptors unveil their incredible Toronto Huskies throwback court|url=https://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2016/11/12/13608974/raptors-unveil-huskies-court-toronto-nba|publisher=sbnation.com|date=November 12, 2016|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=March 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323234829/http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2016/11/12/13608974/raptors-unveil-huskies-court-toronto-nba?|url-status=live}}</ref> The franchise also launched a special red [[Chinese New Year]] jersey in celebration of the event. The Chinese New Year jersey features a stylized rendering of "Toronto" in white [[traditional Chinese characters]] ([[:wikt:多倫多|多倫多]], [[Pinyin]]: ''Duōlúnduō'', [[Wade–Giles]]: ''To<sup>1</sup>-lun<sup>2</sup>-to<sup>1</sup>'') with the head of a leftward-facing (viewer's perspective) [[Chinese dragon]] replacing the upper half of the first [[:wikt:多|多 character]] and the Raptors slashed basketball logo replacing much of the bottom half of the [[:wikt:倫|倫 character]].<ref>{{cite press release|title=Toronto Huskies & Chinese New Year Uniforms|url=http://www.nba.com/raptors/1617-uniforms/|publisher=NBA Media Ventures|website=www.nba.com|date=August 23, 2016|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=February 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203202546/http://www.nba.com/raptors/1617-uniforms/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Other jerseys worn by the Raptors include a green uniform worn from the [[2007–08 Toronto Raptors season|2007−08 season]] through to the [[2011–12 Toronto Raptors season|2011−12 season]] on [[Saint Patrick's Day|St. Patrick's Day]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bojarinov|first1=Peter|title=Raptors News: Toronto Unveils St. Patrick's Day Jerseys|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/13474-raptors-news-toronto-unveils-st-patricks-day-jerseys|website=bleacherreport.com/|access-date=April 3, 2018|date=March 17, 2008|archive-date=April 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404200928/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/13474-raptors-news-toronto-unveils-st-patricks-day-jerseys|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Raptors also wear a camouflage uniform based on the [[Temperate climate|temperate]] variant of [[CADPAT]] (Canadian Disruptive Pattern) during special events involving the [[Canadian Armed Forces]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Raptors Host Annual Canadian Armed Forces Appreciation Night|url=http://www.nba.com/raptors/press-releases/armedforces-012815|website=www.nba.com|access-date=April 3, 2018|date=January 28, 2015|archive-date=April 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403114719/http://www.nba.com/raptors/press-releases/armedforces-012815|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as jerseys themed by [[Drake (musician)|Drake]], such as Welcome Toronto jerseys, which are black with gold text.

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