Guess the logo ripoff

Can you guess what this is based on

[chris_f]

Here's a game for you all. The logo below is based on a logo we all should know. Let's see how obvious it is.

Logo [chrisfelstead.co.uk]

Please note: I am not going to mention the company name and I do have permission to post the logo from them for this purpose.

atob.c

[troels nybo nielsen]

There is something googlish in the colour scheme.

[chris_f]

Colour maybe. But that's not it.

[chadmg]

i know. it's the gay-pride x-men! right?

[bunltd]

Windows? except the colors are not in the same order.

LisaB

[Sinner_G]

Looks a lot like the MSN logo.

[Strange]

Better be careful... Microsoft has a patent on the visible spectrum.

[hannamyluv]

Can I make a guess you are trying to see if anyone can tell you ripped it off before the company goes ahead and uses it? ;)

[nutsandbolts]

eBay. Kinda.

[panic]

Experts Exchange, mayhaps?

[atadams]

Microsoft Excel?

[panic]

I GOT IT!

[office.microsoft.com ]

:)

[chris_f]

Can I make a guess you are trying to see if anyone can tell you ripped it off before the company goes ahead and uses it? ;)

Alas no. The company has been using it for two years. I came in and said "hey! you ripped off the ....... logo". They said that no one would notice.

hmm... the answer

Microsoft Windows.

atob.c

[Brett_Tabke]

Looks like a Swastika.

[limbo]

Looks like a swastika

LOL - Does a bit.

IMO it is far enough from the Windows design to be taken in it's own merit. I quite like it - perhaps flick up the contrast and tinker with the tone to liven it up a bit. Less moody then.

[troels nybo nielsen]

So much is in the eye of the beholder, both limitations and possibilities.

Several of my own logos and/or icons are ripoffs of something I have found on the web. Then they have been changed so much that they could just as well be ripoffs of something else. Or original compositions.

Interesting observation, Brett. But some of those ancient symbols are more or less archetypal and it is very easy to come close to one of them with a logo if you do not specifically try to avoid it.