Colours
When the Toowong and North Brisbane merged to form Wests in 1915, the club's colours were to be red and blue, a combination of Toowong's blue and black and North Brisbane's red and black. However due to a shortage of blue dye due to World War I, red and black were adopted as the official colours. Wests constitutional design includes 4" (100mm) red and black bands, commencing with black on the shoulders. Sleeves then also commence with the first band being black, with the socks having red tops. During the Second World War, Wests adopted a maroon jersey with a black V, due to clothing shortages at the time.
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