The 1962 Steelers wore gold helmets (with a black stripe) with the emblem consisting of a yellow, red, blue hypocycloid with black "Steel" inside a white circle with gray outline wearing the emblem on the right side only.  By finishing second in the Eastern Conference with a 9-5 record, the Steelers qualified for the Playoff Bowl, the first ever-postseason game.  For that appearance, the Steelers wanted to do something special, so they changed the color of their helmets from gold to solid black (with a gold strip) for the first time and that also served to highlight the new logo, changing the word "Steel" to "Steelers".  The helmet colors have remained this way ever since.