WNBA's Toronto Tempo unveil uniforms for inaugural season

Toronto Tempo fans finally know what their team will look like when they take the court in their inaugural WNBA season.

The Tempo unveiled their debut home and away uniforms early Tuesday after keeping the team's look under wraps for more than a year. Based on classic basketball uniforms, the home jersey is white and the away jersey is Tempo Bordeaux — a red shade with purple undertones.

"We knew we wanted something that was really classic and that could live on for a long amount of time," said Tempo chief marketing officer Whitney Bell of the uniforms that also have Borealis Blue outlining the lettering. "So with the colours and the design, we wanted to feel modern, bold, but also something that people would really enjoy wearing every day as a fashion statement."

Toronto was awarded a new franchise in May 2024 and the Tempo name, logo and colour scheme were announced in December of that year. The uniforms were designed in November 2024 but mass production takes months, so the team's jerseys stayed a well-kept secret until Tuesday.

"It's tough to hold on to it for over a year, we see all the time that jerseys get leaked and people seem to know them, so that was a bit daunting," said Bell. "And then from the time we designed them to when we saw the first physical samples was like half a year, so you almost forget.

"Then it's like a pleasant surprise when you get to see them again."

WNBA teams have three uniforms designed by Nike: the Heroine (home), Explorer (away) and Rebel (alternate). Toronto's Explorer jersey will be available for fans to purchase beginning in January.

The WNBA doesn't sell its Heroine jerseys, and the Rebel design hasn't been revealed yet.

Both Toronto's Heroine and Explorer jerseys have six