The 16th Winter Deaflympics logo represents a synthesis of the 2007 Salt Lake Games theme, “inspiration within,” the Olympic legacy of Salt Lake City, and the evolution of Olympic and Deaflympic Games logos. The color, shape, orientation, and openness of the design is consistent with the competitiveness and unity of the Games, the environment of Salt Lake, and the unique and vibrant cultural exchanges that highlight the Deaflympic experience. The handshape is used by deaf people to sign “inspiration” and “fire,” representative of the Games theme. Each color symbolizes an element of the Games, red for intensity and drive, orange for the strength and warmth of the Salt Lake community and environment, gold as the sole goal of each athlete, light blue as the winter sky, and a bolder blue representing the internal confidence of the elite athlete. The open palm illustrates that beliefs are our only boundaries, creating pathways to success that an individual may take, inspired from within.