If Windows 7 is anything to go by, it should be possible to select any colour - I have to say it looks much nicer with other colours, and as I mentioned before white-on-colour.martindtanderson wrote:The Logo's colours will take on the chosen colour in the OS - Similar to the accent colour on Windows Phone.
These are the colours we know about from the leaks so far of Windows 8.
If the logo is animated within the OS, hopefully decent rendering will produce a nice-looking result. It's also a massive advantage in terms of advertising, as it will be almost impossible for someobody to bugger up the way the logo is presented if is monochromatic.