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Shell Logo

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The Shell logo is one of the most familiar commercial symbols in the world.

This logo is known as the "pecten" after the sea shell Pecten maximus (the giant scallop), on which its design is based. The yellow and red colours used are thought to relate to the colours of the flag of Spain, as Shell built early service stations in California, previously a Spanish colony. The current revision of the logo was designed by Raymond Loewy in 1971.

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Symmetric, Closed shape, Colorful, Contains both straight and curved lines, Has no crossing lines.

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