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The team colours of individual football clubs have many, often arbitrary or obscure, roots. For instance, the Italian Serie A club Juventus changed to black and white stripes in 1903 because an order for shirts placed with an English manufacturer was mistakenly made up in Notts County's colours. But it can be fairly stated that vision-related factors have probably not often entered into the equation. Given that fine margins can determine success or failure in modern professional sport, perhaps this issue now deserves deeper consideration. This article aims to discuss some aspects of football strip design.