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===Logos=== [[File:Toronto Raptors wordmark 2015-current.png|thumb|upright=0.68|Wordmark logo for the Raptors (2015βpresent)]] 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 2008β09 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 [[2017β18 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).
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