NPC Puzzle
 

Ok...I have a game of sorts for NPC Soroities... (And I don't know the answer either, so this may take some/lots of research and/or trial & error....)

What is the fewest amount of colors needed to represent all 26 NPC Soroities and what are they?

Only official colors count (aka, no Pink for GPhiB)...but let's not get anal over it (aka, blue is blue whether it's royal blue or carribean blue or whatever, white is white whether it is pearl white or stark white or whatever....otherwise the answer is going to be 26...)


Example-Pink could represent DG, Phi Mu, DZ (probably 1 or two others)

Green could represent AST, ASA, AXO, AGD, etc...

Please clarify...is a sorority "represented" in this game as long as one of their colors is present?

Ok, I'm not in the researching mood right now so I'm just going to guess and I'm sure I'll miss a few but others can just continue the list. And feel free to correct me when I'm wrong (likely to happen).

As was said:

Pink
Green

Also:

Brown (us)
Blue (KKG, Pi Phi, DDD)
Bordeaux (Alpha Phi's not red)
Yellow (for the gold of Theta and Chi O)

Re: I believe it to be 7 or 8
 

You mean AEPhi right? ;)

If you count bordreaux, maroon, etc. as shades of red, I think I can do it in six. Gold/yellow, white, blue, red, green and brown. (Gamma Phi screws the whole thing up. ;) ) Of course, if you want to get technical, pink is really just a member of the red family, and in that case we can do away with my "green" category, since I think the only sorority that doesn't have gold/yellow, white, blue, brown or some shade of red is DZ.

I think I got it in 5...G Phi B gave me the most trouble. I'm not exatly sure what category mode fits into.

Here's what I got:

Blues
Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Xi Delta
Delta Delta Delta
Delta Gamma
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Phi Sigma Sigma
Pi Beta Phi (the website said silver blue)
Sigma Delta Tau
Theta Phi Alpha
Zeta Tau Alpha

Reds
Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Omicron Pi
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Chi Omega
Delta Zeta
Simga Kappa (Maroon could be red)

White/Silver
Alpha Epsilon Phi
Alpha Phi
Phi Mu
Kappa Delta
Sigma Sigma Sigma

Yellow/Gold
Alpha Sigma Tau
Kappa Alpha Theta
Delta Phi Epsilon

Brown
Gamma Phi Beta

Alpha Phi and Gamma Phi are both unique with both their colors, if you stay technical.

Which color incorporates the most groups? Blue?

And, an easier one...

How many LETTERS do you need to represent all the groups?

I got 6

Alpha
Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Epsilon Phi
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Omicron Pi
Alpha Phi
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Alpha Simga Tau
Alpha Xi Delta
Kappa Alpha Theta
Theta Phi Alpha
Zeta Tau Alpha

Delta
Delta Delta Delta
Delta Gamma
Delta Phi Epsilon
Delta Zeta
Kappa Delta
Sigma Delta Tau

Sigma
Phi Sigma Sigma
Sigma Kappa
Sigma Sigma Sigma

Phi
Gamma Phi Beta
Phi Mu
Pi Beta Phi

Kappa
Kappa Kappa Gamma

Chi
Chi Omega

I like these games. Anyone have any more?

hmmm. Let's get all the colors straight first:

(from the NPC website:, based on date joined:)

Phi Beta Phi - wine, silver blue
Kappa Alpha Theta - black, gold
Kappa Kappa Gamma - dark blue, light blue
Alpha Phi - silver, bordeaux
Delta Gamma - bronze, pink, blue
Gamma Phi Beta - brown, mode
Alpha Chi Omega - scarlet, olive green
Delta Delta Delta - silver, gold, blue
Alpha Xi Delta - light blue, dark blue, gold
Chi Omega - cardinal, straw
Sigma Kappa - lavender, maroon
Alpha Omicron Pi - cardinal
Zeta Tau Alpha - turquoise blue, steel gray
Alpha Gamma Delta - red, buff, green
Alpha Delta Pi - azure blue, white
Delta Zeta - rose, green
Phi Mu - rose, white
Kappa Delta - olive green, pearl white
Sigma Sigma Sigma - royal purple, white
Alpha Sigma Tau - emerald green, gold
Alpha Sigma Alpha - crimson, pearl white
Alpha Epsilon Phi - green, white
Theta Phi Alpha - silver, gold, blue
Phi Sigma Sigma - king blue, gold
Delta Phi Epsilon - royal purple, pure gold
Sigma Delta Tau - cafe au lait, old blue

Well, with the groups this way you could (though technically not correct) say that "mode" is white since it it's close to that color (if you stretch things a bit). So you would have 4 categories......

How many flowers???? lol

I wonder also what kind of zoo we might have with all the mascots? :D Might make a pretty cool picture even (night time scene with a crescent moon.....).

I will say that while our colors aren't the most attractive when it comes to decorating, I really like the fact that we don't share them with anyone.......

There are actuall 17 letters used in all 26 NPC sororities.

Alpha
Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Epsilon Phi
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Omicron Pi
Alpha Phi
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Alpha Sigma Tau
Alpha Xi Delta
Kappa Alpha Theta
Theta Phi Alpha
Zeta Tau Alpha

Delta
Delta Delta Delta
Delta Gamma
Delta Phi Epsilon
Delta Zeta
Kappa Delta
Sigma Delta Tau
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Xi Delta

Sigma
Phi Sigma Sigma
Sigma Kappa
Sigma Sigma Sigma
Alpha Sigma Tau
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Sigma Delta Tau

Phi
Gamma Phi Beta
Phi Mu
Pi Beta Phi
Theta Phi Alpha
Phi Sigma Sigma
Alpha Phi

Kappa
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Kappa Delta
Kappa Alpha Theta
Sigma Kappa

Chi
Chi Omega
Alpha Chi Omega

Omega
Chi Omega
Alpha Chi Omega

Beta
Gamma Phi Beta
Pi Beta Phi

Epsilon
Alpha Epsilon Phi
Delta Phi Epsilon

Pi
Alpha Omicron Pi
Alpha Delta Pi
Pi Beta Phi

Zeta
Delta Zeta
Zeta Tau Alpha

Omicron
Alpha Omicron Pi

Tau
Sigma Delta Tau
Zeta Tau Alpha
Alpha Sigma Tau

Gamma
Gamma Phi Beta
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Alpha Gamma Delta
Delta Gamma

Theta
Theta Phi Alpha
Kappa Alpha Theta

Mu
Phi Mu

Xi
Alpha Xi Delta

Hmmm, flowers would be a lot of roses and carnations. There a not too many duplicates with the mascots though, and not all use animals.

My school did a pretty cool picture with all the mascots in it. (AEPhi, DDD, DG, SDT, AKA). She put a big silver anchor in the middle with the AKA flower twisting around the middle, a giraffe sitting on the right side, a teddy bear on the left and a dolphin coming out of the water in the middle (they all had tear-drop eyes, it was so cute). And drops of water on the bottom with each one's letters in a drop. It was really pretty.