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Originally posted by MysticCat81
Well, in Phi Mu Alpha, our colors -- Red, Black and Gold (we use white, too) are a big deal. While we don't have a rule on the matter, I've never seen a brother wearing letters or having other lettered paraphernalia that is not in at least two of these colors. Even when an unusual print material is used for the letters, these colors will be in the print. The fact that red, black and gold are not, so far as I know, used by any other GLO and are therefore particularly distinctive may be one reason we tend not to use other colors. It doesn't hurt, either, that they are easy to come by -- or that they look damn good together. 
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Really? I know that wasn't the case at Valparaiso-- brothers there wore basically any color combo they wanted.
As did their lavaliered girlfriends. For example, my now-husband and I picked out letters for each other when he lavaliered me, and his are a blue and old-gold/olive paisley on old-gold border on a blue sweatshirt, and mine are a purple/green/gold/black plaid on black border on a purple sweatshirt. (Which I didn't really know were LXA colors until my roommate whipped out her own set of that plaid on a green border on black sweatshirt!) Other Sinfonians were also comfortable with other color combos, either in plain dark colors (like old gold, maroon, navy, sometimes white) or plaids of some sort.
I *do* like my husband's traditional set-- black sweatshirt, and bigs/littles alternated red on yellow-gold or yellow-gold on red. Very classy. (He does not have one of the "official" sets of red on gold t-shirt, though.)
The store that we usually bought those letters from went out of business years ago, and now does large-order traditional clothing. It's a shame. Many sisters either order gear from the official ADPi/etc. site, or hand-sew the letters (with varying results).