Gone is the navy blue, replaced with the gray feather pattern bordering the playing surface. ATLANTA HAWKS is still written along both baselines, but now in Volt with a Torch outline, and in the ...

Gone is the navy blue, replaced with the gray feather pattern bordering the playing surface. ATLANTA HAWKS is still written along both baselines, but now in Volt with a Torch outline, and in the ...

Feather Pattern - The V-shaped design of the ‘feather pattern’ captures the essence of an attacking hawk with upswept wings and talons down – a nod to the Hawks attacking style of play.

To explore pattern formation in more detail, the researchers studied the feathers of barred or spotted chicken breeds such as silver laced wyandottes, which have a white spot and black 'laced' edge.