Away colours

Danny Gabbidon wearing a Crystal Palace away kit, 2012

Away colours are a choice of coloured clothing used in team sports. It is used when 2 clubs clash colors, as 1 club needs to wear their away colours. An away kit usually consists of the same home kit but with reversed colors.

Away Colours Media

Aymeric Laporte from Athletic Bilbao (left) and Lionel Messi from FC Barcelona playing by choice in change kits in their respective Basque and Catalan regional flag colours (2014)
England's away jersey worn in the 1966 World Cup final
An AFL match between Hawthorn and Essendon in 2007. The home team, Hawthorn, is wearing dark shorts, with the away team, Essendon, wearing white shorts
Hawthorn players wearing away colours in 2025. The club's home guernsey consists of vertical brown and gold stripes
Liz Cambage in Australia's away colours
Ricky Ponting in Australia's away kit
Mike Tindall wearing England's black away kit at the 2011 Rugby World Cup

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Galleries of historical soccer kits: English clubs & Scottish clubs
True Colours Football Kits history site

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