Cardiff’s home kit for next season will include black shorts after supporters chose to turn their back on the original design.

On Wednesday, the Bluebirds unveiled the kit for their maiden season in the Premier League, which included red shorts of a deeper shade of red than the jersey and socks.

Puma’s two-tone design immediately came in for criticism from fans on social media sites, and the club moved quickly to quell frustrations by allowing season ticket holders the chance to vote either to retain the original shorts, or change to a different colour.

Cardiff’s home kit during their Championship title-winning campaign included black shorts, and that proved the most popular option with the fans who voted.

A statement on the Cardiff website read: “It’s a decision that Tan Sri Vincent Tan and all at the club fully supports, and we will next instruct Puma to work on supplying the shorts as soon as possible.

“Once again, we thank all supporters who took the time to vote.”

The club made the controversial switch from their traditional blue kit to red under owner Tan at the start of last season, while the club crest was also heavily altered.

The Malaysian also recently denied reports he was considering further re-branding of the club, including a name change.