Virginia Commonwealth Rams Logo PNG
While the current Virginia Commonwealth Rams logo contains only a subtle allusion to the ram theme, the previous emblems referred to it in a more direct way.
Meaning and history
Virginia Commonwealth Rams is a program from Virginia Commonwealth University, a public educational institution, which was established in Richmond in 1838. Today the University has almost 29 thousand students and more than 3 thousand academic staff.
The VCU Rams program consists of 16 men’s and women’s teams, which compete in various sports disciplines, including Baseball, Basketball, Tennis, Golf, and several others, with the tennis and basketball clubs being the most titled.
What is Virginia Common wealth Rams?
Virginia Common wealth Rams is the name of an athletic program, representing Virginia Commonwealth University. The program, also known as the VCU Rams, is composed of 16 men’s and women’s teams, which compete in the first division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.
1968 – 1982
The Virginia Commonwealth Rams logo, used by the program in the 1970s, featured a drawing of a white ram with golden horns, drawn diagonally in a leap, with the golden ribbon coming out of its horns to the right. The ribbon has a white outlined “VCU” lettering in it, executed in a classy and elegant serif font.
1982 – 1989
The redesign of 1982introduced a different style of the VCU Rams logo. This time it was a drawing of a ram’s head. The animal was depicted in white, with a black outline, and two enlarged yellow horns. The image had no accompanying elements and was placed on a plain transparent background.
1989 – 2003
The university used a logo where the ram was depicted over the large black “V” with yellow trim.
The logo, used by the Virginia Commonwealth Rams in the 1990s, featured a modern abstract t composition, based on an enlarged geometric letter “V” in solid black with a thick yellow outline, and a white silhouette of a ram, overlapping the character, and drawn in profile, facing to the right.
2003 – 2014
You could see the side view of the ram’s head with the letters “VCU RAMS” going along the back.
2014 – Today
The current mark was introduced in 2014. Here, you can see the large white letters “V,” “C,” and “U” with black and yellow trim. The end of the “V” is curved in such a way that it looks like a ram’s horn.
Virginia Commonwealth Rams Colors
GOLD
PANTONE: PMS 130 C
HEX COLOR: #FFB300;
RGB: (255, 179, 0)
CMYK: (0, 30, 100, 0)
BLACK
PANTONE: PMS BLACK 6 C
HEX COLOR: #000000;
RGB: (0,0,0)
CMYK: (0,0,0,100)