M&Ms old logo and characters are shown on the left, and the new versions on the right. Changes include new footwear for the six characters and a straightened-out logo emphasizing the ampersand.

Old M&Ms commercials starred Red and Yellow, representing regular and peanut M&Ms. In the late 1990s, new characters were added to the mix. Brown, the most recent addition, joined the crew in 2012.

M&Ms were first sold in 1941, and the characters arrived on the scene in 1954. Old M &Ms commercials starred Red and Yellow, representing regular and peanut M &Ms. In the late 1990s, new ...