Since you brought it up why do we have silver helmets and gray pants?
It was like that with Stock and Mason is doing the same thing. It's one thing that seems odd. Didn't Boots have silver britches back in the day? It's always looked "off" to me having both grey and silver. Also, keep in mind the silver helmet was never a thing until Boots brought it to be his first year in 1979, so from a traditional perspective white and blue were the first helmet colors we had before '79. While I really like the silver helmet one of the official secondary colors for MT is gray. But I would be fine with silver pants. I just don't like the silver helmet with gray pants. The only other thing I don't like is the blue helmet. Given our colors are so close to Kentucky it looks like a UK helmet.
I like just about all the other combos. I think the logo pops best on the white helmet but then again I wish the pegaus was gone and the MT on the helmet was a couple of centimeters larger.