Black, along with old gold and white, has always been one of the team colors, but it was not the first choice of original majority owner John W. Mecom Jr. His preference was for Mecom blue, a medium shade which was used by all of his other investments.
Svart, tillsammans med gammalt guld och vitt, har alltid lagets färger, men det var inte det första valet av den ursprungliga majoritetsägaren John W. Mecom Jr. Hans önskan var att laget skulle klä sig i Mecom-blå, en medium nyans som användes av alla av sina övriga investeringar.