Red 1970-1974 Houston Astros Hat

[dutyfree]

What a fascinating discussion. From my perspective, from one who is color blind (particularly with discerning red/orange) and has been a logo obsessive for 35 years, that Astros hat was always, unquestionably, orange. My eyes see a color clearly in some cases--like a pumpkin is orange, a stop sign is red--and never once have I looked at that early Astros cap and seen red.

What I have seen, however, is the lovliest design the team has sported puts their current look to shame.

[mike2sana]

to quickly end this battle look on that card and look in the stands there red in that photo i couldda sworn dat da astro dome had orange seats that is a definate color eror yes i know........ its amazing some stores sell novelty hats like a distant replays i saw a cheif knockahomer hat ...like the braves ever wore that argue all u want to i know im wright.

[Moser316]

to quickly end this battle look on that card and look in the stands there red in that photo i couldda sworn dat da astro dome had orange seats that is a definate color eror yes i know........ its amazing some stores sell novelty hats like a distant replays i saw a cheif knockahomer hat ...like the braves ever wore that argue all u want to i know im wright.

Argue with what? I can barely understand what you're saying (and I'm sure I speak for everyone else who's read your post, too).

[Waffles]

kan sum1 tranzl8 dat n2 inglish plz thx kkbye

[The_Admiral]

to quickly end this battle look on that card and look in the stands there red in that photo i couldda sworn dat da astro dome had orange seats that is a definate color eror yes i know........ its amazing some stores sell novelty hats like a distant replays i saw a cheif knockahomer hat ...like the braves ever wore that argue all u want to i know im wright.

New York Yankees star pitcher Jaret Wright?

[marlinfan]

The internet has become to easy to use.

[Discrim]

to  quickly end this  battle look on that card and look in the stands there red in that photo i couldda sworn dat da astro dome had orange seats that is a definate color eror yes i know........ its amazing  some stores sell novelty hats like a distant replays i saw a cheif knockahomer hat ...like the braves ever wore that

actually, IIRC the Astrodome did have red seats as part of some sections that mimiced the rainbow striping. they kept it despite the 94 change to blue and gold, and it's still there.

however, as we're talking about the hat, it's orange. it's been beaten to death. most of us have seen robins, and they typically have reddish-orange underbellies. if it's red, buy from somewhere else next time.

[Lee.]

to quickly end this battle look on that card and look in the stands there red in that photo i couldda sworn dat da astro dome had orange seats that is a definate color eror yes i know........ its amazing some stores sell novelty hats like a distant replays i saw a cheif knockahomer hat ...like the braves ever wore that argue all u want to i know im wright.

LOL HAY GUYS IM ON THE INTRANET LOL

[Robert Snyder]

As an Astros fan I have to say great thread.

If I remember right the Astrodome seating arrangement (seat colors) was Field Boxes (level 200) Red [level 100 was the actual playing field), Mezzanine Level (level 400) was orange, level 500 was the Press Box & Star Columbia Suites, level 600 was Loge level and those seats were grey, level 700 was the Upper Deck and if I remember right those seats were originally Orange and then I think they were changed to a combination of Yellow, Blue, Orange and Red. I forget the order of the colors in the Upper Deck. Finally, the 900 Level, the Skyboxes were grey. I never got to go up in the Skyboxes because you either had to be 16 or 18 to get up there.

[The_Admiral]

The internet has become to easy to use.

Why back in your day you had to walk ten miles uphill to use the Internet

[Bobby]

when I posted baseball cards I was told photos are not reliable, when someone else posts a photos, it's

fact.

Whatever, Your Mom's Box.

Whatever, Your Mom's Box

Nice Opie and Anthony reference.

That is all, i got nothing to add.

[paynomind]

to  quickly end this  battle look on that card and look in the stands there red in that photo i couldda sworn dat da astro dome had orange seats that is a definate color eror yes i know........ its amazing  some stores sell novelty hats like a distant replays i saw a cheif knockahomer hat ...like the braves ever wore that argue all u want to i know im wright.

LOL HAY GUYS IM ON THE INTRANET LOL

They have the internet on computers, now?

[cheo25]

I have that Astros top of which PANTONE posted back on Page 2. It's a Cooperstown Collection jersey made my Mitchell and Ness. The trim colors are navy blue, orange and white.

[Fred T. Jane]

The internet has become to easy to use.

Why back in your day you had to walk ten miles uphill to use the Internet

Actually I had to walk 10 miles uphill through snow drifts both ways in the summer heat to put my punch card in the mainframe to figure out what colour Astros caps were.

[TruColor]

The internet has become to easy to use.

Why back in your day you had to walk ten miles uphill to use the Internet

Actually I had to walk 10 miles uphill through snow drifts both ways in the summer heat to put my punch card in the mainframe to figure out what colour Astros caps were.

In MY day, we used tin cans and string to access the internet...

And we LIKED IT!

[slapshot]

The internet has become to easy to use.

Why back in your day you had to walk ten miles uphill to use the Internet

Actually I had to walk 10 miles uphill through snow drifts both ways in the summer heat to put my punch card in the mainframe to figure out what colour Astros caps were.

In MY day, we used tin cans and string to access the internet...

And we LIKED IT!

Flibbity-Floo!

[leopard88]

The internet has become to easy to use.

Why back in your day you had to walk ten miles uphill to use the Internet

Actually I had to walk 10 miles uphill through snow drifts both ways in the summer heat to put my punch card in the mainframe to figure out what colour Astros caps were.

In MY day, we used tin cans and string to access the internet...

And we LIKED IT!

Tin cans and string? LUXURY!!!

Bonus points for getting the reference.

[Lee.]

Dinkenflicka?

[totc]

What do we make, therefore, of the Columbus Astros of the mid-1970s?

They appear to be a very bright red:

And then, more orangy (compared to the Dr. Pepper and Coke signs on the scoreboard).

And later ... blue?

I call "airbrush" on the last one.

[Bulldog64]

If we presume that the uniforms are red, then should we presume that the color of the sky is a post-apocolyptic greenish yellow blue, the Coca Cola logo was a maroon color, and that the players pants are a cream color? And that these uniforms, which look to have been produced by Joe's silkscreen house, were governed by a set of uniform graphic standards that was sent along by the parent club?