# The Discourse Logo: A System Of Rainbows

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-discourse-logo-a-system-of-rainbows/221835
**Category:** Blog
**Created:** [February 17, 2013, 6:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-discourse-logo-a-system-of-rainbows/221835 "2013-02-17T06:00:00Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2013, 6:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-discourse-logo-a-system-of-rainbows/221835/1 "2013-02-17T06:00:00Z")

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A great logo distills everything about your company and its mission into one succinct image. Getting the logo right sets the tone for everything else you'll do. That's why one of the first design elements we tried to nail down on Discourse was our logo.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://blog.discourse.org/2013/02/the-discourse-logo-a-system-of-rainbows/](https://blog.discourse.org/2013/02/the-discourse-logo-a-system-of-rainbows/)