The Dolphins logo and uniforms have remained fairly consistent since the team's founding. The team's colors were originally aqua and orange; navy was added as a trim color in 1997, and orange was reduced to a trim color in 2013. The original logo consisted of a sunburst with a leaping dolphin wearing a football helmet bearing the letter M. At their debut in 1966, the dolphin's head was near the center of the sunburst. By 1974, the dolphin's body was centered on the sunburst. A substantial revision took place in 1997: the sunburst was simplified and the dolphin was darkened and given a more serious game-face expression.[14] Following the 2012 season, Dolphins' owner Stephen Ross confirmed rumors that the team will have a new logo for the 2013 season, but would not confirm that a leaked logo was legitimate.[15] It was later confirmed as the new logo.[16] The new logo features a stylized teal dolphin swimming in front of an orange sunburst. The dolphin in the logo is no longer wearing the "M" helmet.
The uniform features white helmets with either white or aqua jerseys and either white or aqua pants. Navy drop shadows were added to the uniform numbers in the 1997 redesign, but were removed in the 2013 redesign. The uniform features orange and navy trim.
For much of their history, the Dolphins have worn their white jerseys at home for daytime games, thus forcing their opponents to suffer in their darker jerseys in the humid weather of South Florida. The aqua jerseys are typically worn for night games at home, and on the road when the other team has chosen to wear their white jerseys. The Dolphins began this tradition during the perfect season of 1972 and have continued it ever since. Miami is one of a few NFL teams who usually wear their white jerseys at home (the other being the Dallas Cowboys). In 2003, the Dolphins introduced an alternate coral (orange) jersey worn for some home night contests. The Dolphins have worn white jerseys during night time home games on very few occasions, such as a 1997 contest against the Chicago Bears. During these games, the white jerseys were worn because the games were intended to be played Sunday afternoon (the 1997 Bears game was moved to Monday night due to game 7 of the 1997 World Series, and other instances were due to hurricane) but were moved to night time. The instances where the Dolphins have worn white for night home games that weren't because of a reschedule were in the 1977 and 1996 seasons.
In 2009, The Dolphins also switched to black shoes for the first time since the glory days, following a trend among NFL teams as of recently. However, by 2011, they returned to wearing white shoes.
