Nickelodeon is an American children’s cable channel and the flagship of the Nickelodeon Group, now within Skydance. It began as a test broadcast on QUBE in Columbus, Ohio, on December 1, 1977, and launched nationwide under the Nickelodeon name on April 1, 1979.
The network is famous for its orange splat logo, which it used in many outlines from 1984 to 2009. The Kids’ Choice Awards still hand out an orange blimp, one of those outlines. The current logo, introduced on March 4, 2023, brings the splat back.
Logo history
- April 1, 1979: The channel launches as Nickelodeon.
- 1984 to 2009: The splat era, in which the orange logo takes many shapes.
- March 4, 2023: The current logo debuts; Commons holds an outlined version.
This timeline lists only changes that a cited source confirms. Earlier or minor variants of the Nickelodeon mark that could not be dated from a primary or reputable source are left out rather than guessed.
Logo colors
| Color | HEX | RGB | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange | #FF6700 | 255, 103, 0 | Commons SVG fill |
The Nickelodeon palette in this draft has 1 recorded value. Orange is #FF6700, which is RGB 255, 103, 0. Where a value comes from a redrawn vector rather than the owner’s own guide, check it against official files before using it in design work.
One color in the Commons file.
Typography
No typeface has been named by the network.
FAQ
When did Nickelodeon launch?
April 1, 1979.
What is the Nickelodeon splat?
An orange logo shape used in many forms from 1984 to 2009 and revived in 2023.
What orange is the logo?
FF6700 in the vector file.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nickelodeon_2023_logo_(outline).svg
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