This article was originally published on mentalfloss.com as Why the McDonald’s Logo Uses the Colors Yellow and Red.

Yellow might be less common, but many fast food chains have red in their logo, and it's not entirely clear whether this goes beyond the fact that this particular color is eye-catching.

Over the years the red, yellow and blue supersuit has gained an unlikely fashion following, beloved by everyone from Jeremy Scott to Marc Jacobs. ... dripping Superman ‘S’ logo.

27 years after making the logo, Chris Maple is finally going public. "The task was both exciting and challenging," he writes on his website, where he's shared some T-shirt mockups with one of his ...

Flags often imitate or are influenced by other nations, creating “flag families.” For example, the Netherlands’ red, white and blue flag from the 1500s set a precedent.

Tae-Geuks were first used in a symbol at the 1988 Paralympic Games in Seoul, Korea. At that time, the logo consisted of five Tae-Geuks in a configuration and in colours similar to the Olympic Rings, ...