Originally posted by aephi alum
Another question for NPHC members - Do you view it as stepping on your toes when a non-NPHC org shares your colors? e.g., Alpha Phi Alpha and Kappa Alpha Theta both use black and gold. (Not that anyone would mistake a Theta for an APhiA or vice versa... 
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It is like enlightenment06 said, nobody owns colors. To wear your own colors is a way of showing pride in your org and not wearing someone else's colors shows respect for their org. Like I said earlier, I
could get a shirt with pink or red letters, but for one it would not feel right and some NPHC people may look at me funny.
For me personally, I have had shirts made with different patterns, I just don't do it with certain plain colors and combo of colors. Afterall, tiger stripes can look good on anyone!!!