Thursday night in Denver is bringing a rare sight to the NFL stage: the Broncos and Seahawks are both going with colored jerseys, turning Week 6 into a true color-vs.-color matchup.
That almost never happens anymore. In most NFL games, one team is usually in white, but that won’t be the case here. Instead, both teams are leaning into an unofficial Throwback Thursday feel with classic looks from different eras.
Denver will be in its throwback Orange Crush uniforms, a look the Broncos have now worn six times since bringing it back in 2024. They’ve been perfect in them, going 5-0.
Seattle is matching that energy with a royal blue uniform and silver helmet, a nod to the 1990s. The Seahawks wore that throwback set in three regular-season games during their Super Bowl-winning 2025 season.
It adds up to what should be the best jersey matchup of the season, with two of the league’s most recognizable throwbacks facing off on the same field.
The Seahawks won’t be done with the royal blue look after Thursday, either. They’re set to wear it again in Week 7 against the Chiefs, though Kansas City will be in white, so that one won’t be another color-vs.-color game.
The rarity is part of what makes this so notable. The NFL leaned into the idea during the Color Rush years from 2015 to 2018, but since the start of the 2021 season, this will only be the fourth time the league has produced a color-vs.-color game without either team wearing a Color Rush uniform.
It’s even more unusual recently. Since the start of the 2024 season, this will be just the second color-vs.-color game in the NFL. The last one came in Week 15 of the 2025 season, when the Falcons wore black against the Buccaneers in their Creamsicle jerseys.
Before that, the previous example came in Week 8 of the 2023 season, with the Falcons again involved in black against the Titans, who wore their baby blue Oilers uniforms.
If you want to get technical, you could argue that black isn't a color (just ask Adobe). If that's the case, then Broncos-Seahawks will be the first true color vs. color game - one that doesn't involve a black jersey - in four years. The last time we got one came in Week 8 of the 2022 season, when the Bears wore orange against the Cowboys, who were suited up in their navy blue jerseys.
There’s also a little old-school symmetry to all of this. The Broncos and Seahawks used to share a division, with Seattle in the AFC West from 1977 through 2001. So on Thursday night, they’ll renew that connection while dressed in throwback uniforms that nod to the same era.
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