Ten years ago, the Detroit Lions were a muddy mess, and I don't mean their game play — I mean the team's uniforms. Out on the turf, the Lions' storied Honolulu blue melded with the team's ...

the juxtaposition of gray and white on the Lions' new all-blue uniforms, colloquially referred to as "the blueberries." "If you look at (wide receiver) Amon-Ra St. Brown and the number 14 ...

Yet color is relative, he said: "You can have a color that looks very muddy, but if you pair it with the right color scheme surrounding it, looks very vibrant" – for example, the juxtaposition of gray ...

But why did the old uniforms look so bad? And why do the new ones look so good? In a word, science. Detroit Lions cornerback Carlton Davis III (23) looks on at a timeout against Los Angeles Rams ...

so the Lions never stopped looking like the Lions, even when they started looking better. But why did the old uniforms look so bad? And why do the new ones look so good? In a word, science. To mix ...