How to design a football kit, step by step
From a blank shirt to a finished kit: colours, a pattern, your badge, numbers and a link for the game.
A good kit is simple: one or two main colours, a pattern that reads from a distance, a badge and numbers you can see. This guide walks through the whole thing in KitLab, from an empty shirt to a link you paste into the game.
1. Start from a design, or from scratch
Open the kit designer. If you already know roughly what you want, tap one of the starter designs (black and white stripes, green hoops, a red sash, blue and white halves, gold chevrons, or one of the African national colour schemes) and change it from there. It is usually faster to edit something close than to build from nothing.
If you'd rather start clean, pick a single base colour first and leave the pattern on Solid. You can always add more later.
2. Pick your colours
The Colours tab sets the base colour of every part of the kit: shirt front and back, sleeves, collar, shorts and socks. Most teams use:
- one main colour for the shirt body,
- a second colour for the sleeves, collar or shorts,
- an accent that ties them together, often on the socks.
Not sure which colours go together? Read choosing kit colours that work.
3. Add a pattern
The Pattern tab adds stripes, hoops, halves, a sash or chevrons over the base colour. You choose the pattern colour and how many bands there are.
A few rules of thumb:
- Fewer, bolder bands read better. Thin pinstripes turn into a blur at match distance.
- Contrast matters more than colour. Dark blue on black is hard to see; dark blue on white is not.
- Leave the sleeves plain if the body is busy. A striped shirt with plain sleeves looks deliberate; stripes everywhere can look noisy.
4. Add your badge, a name and a sponsor
The Logos & text tab places layers on the kit. You can:
- add your team's badge (made in the logo maker, or uploaded),
- add text such as a team name or your own made-up sponsor,
- add simple shapes like stars, circles and stripes.
Drag a layer to move it, and pinch or use the handles to resize it. Only use images you made or have permission to use, and never a real club's crest or a real brand's logo.
Tip: the game shows only what is in the kit image, so put your badge on the kit itself. See making a club badge for badge ideas.
5. Set the number colours
The game draws the shirt and shorts numbers itself, but it takes their colours from your kit. Set them in the Numbers tab. Pick a colour with strong contrast against the part of the shirt where the number sits. White or black numbers are safe on most kits.
6. Check it, then get your link
Look at the preview from the front and the back. Then tap Get link and Copy. Paste the link into the custom kit screen in the game. The full in-game steps are in how to use your kit in the game.
Want a whole team? Build your Home kit first, then see designing a full team set for the Away, Third and Goalkeeper kits.