# Why the red logo? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** general-board\ **Created:** [April 11, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/why-the-red-logo/34555 "2022-04-11T14:33:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jac2357](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/jac2357/32/76046_2.png) [@jac2357](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/jac2357)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/why-the-red-logo/34555/1 "2022-04-11T14:33:55Z")
Why the red logo? Counterfeiting stopped by changing yellow to red i dont think so lol. [imgur.com/gallery/odCZmdb](https://imgur.com/gallery/odCZmdb) Check out the 3rd pic… Made in the U.S.A. ---
**Author:** ![jac2357](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/jac2357/32/76046_2.png) [@jac2357](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/jac2357)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/why-the-red-logo/34555/2 "2022-04-11T14:48:58Z")
Love the spelling of pokemon on this one lol. [imgur.com/gallery/llW8zWg](https://imgur.com/gallery/llW8zWg) Check out the 3rd pic again. ---
**Author:** ![wotcfetish](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/wotcfetish/32/2224_2.png) [@wotcfetish](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/wotcfetish)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/why-the-red-logo/34555/3 "2022-04-11T14:50:33Z")
I speculate only/wild guess: maybe its for the Chinese market and unlike in western Countrys were the Colour Red is associcated with Stop /Danger in China its associcated with Luck or Joy. ---
**Author:** ![jac2357](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/jac2357/32/76046_2.png) [@jac2357](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/jac2357)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/why-the-red-logo/34555/4 "2022-04-11T14:53:17Z")
That is way more sensible an answer. ---
**Author:** ![milhouse](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/milhouse/32/326_2.png) [@milhouse](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/milhouse)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/why-the-red-logo/34555/5 "2022-04-11T14:59:36Z")
Chinese and Korean Base Set Cards were printed in Australia, where the orange logo colour was also used for the English prints of Jungle/Fossil that were also done in Australia. Why that decision was made, I do not know. I imagine it was either done deliberately to distinguish them, or it was a necessity choice by the printer. This is the reason why many, if not most, of the Korean base set sources have come from Australians. ---
**Author:** ![jac2357](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/jac2357/32/76046_2.png) [@jac2357](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/jac2357)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/why-the-red-logo/34555/6 "2022-04-11T15:08:40Z")
My 3rd print fossil packs and theme deck say made in Australia on them. If you check the first set of pics I’ve done it says made in the U.S.A. on it. ---
**Author:** ![jac2357](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/jac2357/32/76046_2.png) [@jac2357](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/jac2357)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/why-the-red-logo/34555/7 "2022-04-11T15:27:20Z")
Someone at some point says it was changed in an attempt to stop counterfeiting. This story has stuck and people just regurgitate it. Noone really knows why but a counterfeiting measure by changing a colour? Really? I bet most on here if they think about it will agree that idea isn’t a particularly good one. Love to hear everyone’s thoughts… ---
**Author:** ![cosrob](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/cosrob/32/366_2.png) [@cosrob](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/cosrob)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/why-the-red-logo/34555/8 "2022-04-11T21:28:26Z")
I got confirmation from a wotc employee that it was to stop counterfeits. ---
**Author:** ![jac2357](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/jac2357/32/76046_2.png) [@jac2357](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/jac2357)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 12:47am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/why-the-red-logo/34555/9 "2022-04-12T00:47:23Z")
Is it possible to ask them how changing yellow to red would help them do that? ---
**Author:** ![eeveeteam](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/eeveeteam/32/2219_2.png) [@eeveeteam](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/eeveeteam)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 12:59am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/why-the-red-logo/34555/10 "2022-04-12T00:59:02Z")
Base set was first released in Japanese, then English a few years later. Everyone in the world can see what the English product looks like, and attempt to recreate the product in their language. Well once the product actually released in that other language, it was with the red logo, which means all the early counterfeits that were made with yellow logos were obviously fakes. Just my 1 cent (due to inflation, not worth 2 cents anymore) ---
**Author:** ![jac2357](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/jac2357/32/76046_2.png) [@jac2357](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/jac2357)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 4:15am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/why-the-red-logo/34555/11 "2022-04-12T04:15:35Z")
Lol like the last bit. I like your logic there.