The Los Angeles Angels have used ten different logos and three different color combinations throughout their history. Their first two logos depict a baseball with wings and a halo over a baseball diamond with the letters "L" and "A" over it in different styles. The original team colors were the predominantly blue with a red trim. This color scheme would be in effect for most of the franchise's history lasting from 1961 to 1996.
On September 2, 1965, with the team still playing in Los Angeles at Chavez Ravine, Autry changed its name from the "Los Angeles Angels" to the "California Angels" due to the club's impending move to Anaheim in 1966. During the 31 years of being known as the "California Angels," the team kept the previous color scheme, however, their logo did change six times during this period. The first logo under this name was very similar to the previous "LA" logo, the only difference was instead of an interlocking "LA," there was an interlocking "CA."
The Angels' original home white uniforms featured the team name and numbers in red trimmed in blue, while the road gray uniforms featured the city name and numbers in blue trimmed in red. The numbers featured the same McAuliffe font found on the Boston Red Sox uniforms; both the Angels and Red Sox uniforms at the time were manufactured by McAuliffe Sporting Goods. The team's cap is blue with a red bill, featuring an interlocking "LA" in red trimmed in white, with a white halo atop the blue crown. After rebranding as the California Angels, the road uniform was changed to feature only the team name, and the cap logo was changed to an interlocking "CA." In 1970, a sleeve patch depicting a gold halo atop the California outline and a gold star depicting Anaheim was added on the left sleeve.
It was in 1965, while the stadium was being finished, that Bud Furillo (of the Herald Examiner) coined its nickname, "the Big A" after the tall letter A that once stood beyond left-center field and served as the ballpark's primary scoreboard (it was relocated to a section of the parking lot southeast of the stadium in 1980 when the facility was enclosed and expanded for the NFL's Los Angeles Rams.).
Directly after this from 1971 to 1985, the Angels adopted a logo that had the word "Angels" written on an outline of the State of California. The uniforms initially featured lowercase letters on the "Angels" wordmark, with a gold halo affixed atop the "a." An updated cap featured the lowercase "a" below a gold halo. For 1972, however, the cap logo was changed to "the Big A," while the road uniform lettering was updated to red trimmed in white. The following year saw "the Big A" integrated to the team's uniforms (replacing the lowercase "a"), which are now in a pullover style, and the road uniforms letters now incorporating blue trim. Player names were used on-and-off with this design, while the numbers were changed to a more basic block design by 1979. In 1986, the Angels adopted the "big A" in front of a baseball as their new logo, with the shadow of California in the background. This became the team's sleeve patch while keeping most of the uniform intact. The cap logo was also thickened to reflect this change. In 1989, the Angels reverted to wearing buttons with this uniform.
After the "big A" was done in 1992, the Angels returned to their roots and re-adopted the interlocking "CA" logo with some differences. The Angels used this logo from 1993 to 1996, during that time, the "CA" was either on top of a blue circle or with nothing else. The team's uniforms were largely influenced by the original 1960s uniforms, while also incorporating blue piping and the "CA" on the left sleeve. The blue cap with red bill remained as the home cap, while a new all-blue cap was used as a road cap. In 1995, the Angels added a blue alternate uniform with white piping, incorporating the "CA" on the left chest and the team name on the left sleeve.
After the renovations of then-Anaheim Stadium and the takeover by the Walt Disney Company, the Angels changed their name to the "Anaheim Angels" along with changing the logo and color scheme. The first logo under Disney removed the halo and had a rather cartoon-like "ANGELS" script with a wing on the "A" over a periwinkle plate and crossed bats. With this change, the Angels' color scheme changed to dark blue and periwinkle. The team's home and road uniforms incorporated a faux-vest style with dark blue pinstripes and sleeves; chest numbers and player names are in dark blue while back numbers are in red trimmed in white with dark blue drop shadows. A sleeve patch featuring "Anaheim" in metallic gold superimposed over a "big A" in periwinkle with a gold halo was also unveiled. A dark blue alternate featured the "winged A" on the left chest and red numbers trimmed in white with periwinkle drop shadows. This uniform initially had periwinkle sleeves and navy numbers before it was updated with periwinkle piping, white numbers and without the contrasting sleeves, and later on incorporated the "Angels" wordmark. The team primarily wore an all-dark blue cap along with a periwinkle-brimmed dark blue alternate cap; both caps featured the "winged A."
After a run with the "winged" logo from 1997 to 2001, Disney changed the Angels' logo back to a "Big A" with a silver halo over a dark blue baseball diamond. With this logo change, the colors changed to the team's current color scheme: predominantly red with some dark blue and white. The team's uniforms reflected this change, using red letters trimmed in dark blue and silver, and red caps with the updated "Big A." At one point the team wore two different home uniforms: one in a traditional style, and another in a vest style with red undershirts.
When the team's name changed from the "Anaheim Angels" to the "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" in 2005, the logo changed only slightly, the name "ANAHEIM ANGELS" and the blue baseball diamond were removed leaving only the "Big A." The road uniform was changed from the city name to the team name, and in 2007, a red alternate uniform was released, also incorporating red letters throughout. In 2010, a new sleeve patch was added, styled similarly to the 1986–1992 "baseball A" logo but with a red border incorporating "Angels Baseball" and the foundation year inside.
For the 2011 season, as part of the 50th anniversary of the Angels franchise, the halo on the 'Big A' logo temporarily changed colors from silver to old gold, paying tribute to the Angels logos of the past (and also the 50th Anniversary tradition of gold). The uniforms also reflected the change to the gold halo for this season, which was added on the right sleeve.
During the 50th Anniversary season the players wore throwback jerseys at each Friday home game reflecting all the different logos and uniforms previously worn by players. Also, Angels alumni from past seasons threw the ceremonial first pitch at every home game during the 50th Anniversary season.
A new patch was added on the uniforms before the 2012 season, similar to the 2010 left sleeve patch minus the baseball behind the "A." With this new patch, the Angels' A with the halo now appears on three different locations of the jersey: the right shoulder, the wordmark, and the left shoulder.
In 2022, the Angels unveiled a City Connect uniform, featuring a sand base and a script 'Angels" wordmark with an underline past the "s." Dark blue numbers on the left chest incorporated a red diamond outline, while a roundel sleeve patch featuring the team name surrounding the "A" was also added. On the left sleeve, red stripes were featured. The red cap featured a sand front panel with the "A" taken from the wordmark. This look was heavily inspired by the surfing culture of Southern California.
