Symbol "Quirks"

[LaneSig]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Which makes me wonder -- how many GLOs use specific shades of a particular color? We just say our colors are red, black and gold and I've seen various shades of red in particular use (and appropriately so), but if you follow the guides from our visual identity manual, it should specifically be red, black and gold.

Sigma Chi specifically says "old gold" for our blue and gold. I have seen all different shades of blue, including light, royal, and navy.

I have to admit I always chuckle when I see Beta Theta Pi's colors described as "delicate shades of pink and blue".

[33girl]

Can we go on a tangent about crests?

Real ASA crest:



As you can see, there are 4 little hickydoos (I don't know what else to call them) at the top of the crest and under the Phoenix. As AF mentioned, the number 4 is special to us, so it fits.

Lazy ass commercially produced crest:



Not only does it have 6 hickydoos instead of 4, it has an eagle instead of a phoenix on the crest. An eagle with its butt on fire does not a phoenix make.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by 33girl

An eagle with its butt on fire does not a phoenix make.

Thanks for choking me with the twizzler I was eating.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by thetygerlily

Originally Posted by OleMissGlitter

Well not sure if this is a quirk or what...but if you look at the back of an AOII badge you can spell out the letters LOVE. The LOVE is seen through the way our letters are superimposed (stacked) on each other. Hard to explain but I could totally show someone in person.

Originally Posted by ForeverRoses

lowercase e- sort of the "o". It's easy to show someone in person. We used to take off our badges and show it to rushees during preference.

Originally Posted by OleMissGlitter

Or you can put the clasp down and it makes and "E." I don't think this was planned at all mind you. Just a coincidence. We always did it at pref round too. The PNMs always liked it. (Really great to do if your PNM seems uninterested.)

I can honestly say that I've never heard of this before! This obviously skipped right over my chapter and Theta Beta. How cute!


Another quirky thing...unlike other GLOs, our badge, the letters superimposed cannot be placed on ANYTHING except our badge and membership certificate. Not on our houses, sweatshirts, memorabilia from convention, etc. Nothing.

[KSUViolet06]

When using anything sailboat to represent Sigma, the sails of the boats should always be moving ever forward.

Ex: the "sails" in our logo:




Also, this seems like a no-brainer, but our badge is to be pinned so that the triangle is straight up and down. Your indented triangle should NOT be leaning and rocking with it. Or doing the gangsta lean.

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by indygphib

Try explaining brown and mode...I'm still not exactly sure how to explain 'mode' to others!

ETA: Sorry for the double post!

Short answer - Beige.

[summer_gphib]

We were told that "mode" is the same color with a lighter tonal value of any other color. I have no idea if that is true or not! LOL So blue and lighter version of the same hue would be blue and mode. :-P

[aopirose]

Originally Posted by 33girl

As you can see, there are 4 little hickydoos (I don't know what else to call them) at the top of the crest and under the Phoenix.

It's called a wreath or sometimes tortilly.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by aopirose

It's called a wreath or sometimes tortilly.

I think I prefer hickydoos

[AGD1978]

I love our red, buff, and green. I really like the way the colors look together, as they do on the old handlettered charters. The red, yellow, and green combo is also pretty, but IMHO it looks so brassy compared to the true colors.

[carnation]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

I have to admit I always chuckle when I see Beta Theta Pi's colors described as "delicate shades of pink and blue".

Speaking of which--I have gone to various campus celebrations, etc., and some Pi Phi chapters are using pink and light blue balloons. It's not that hard to find dark red balloons anymore! Pink and light blue are what the DGs (and the Betas, I guess) should be using!

[AGDee]

Our Skiorious is also a grey squirrel, but we use all kinds of squirrels all the time.

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by AGD1978

I love our red, buff, and green. I really like the way the colors look together, as they do on the old handlettered charters. The red, yellow, and green combo is also pretty, but IMHO it looks so brassy compared to the true colors.

That's how I feel about it...it's cutesy, but not dignified.

[Gusteau]

Originally Posted by XAntoftheSkyX

Its the same with our badge.

So hard, but I've gotten it down to a science. It boggles my mind that some badges aren't supposed to be "straight."

One of my pet peeves is when printed depictions of our badge have a non-gold center. The chi is underneath the delta, why wouldn't you show it through the hole?

eg.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by BraveMaroon

Minor quibble, relatively speaking - but our colors are lavender and maroon - and that means we get a lot of hot pinks and purples thrown in to the mix. And they're fine as an accent color, but what's so wrong with lavender and maroon?

I'm just saying.

I also get irritated when people refer to us in writing as EK. Sigma and Epsilon are two totally different letters.

Royal blue and gold gets us items made in sky blue and orange, navy and yellow (or beige)... its a hot mess. And my graduate chapter has an Eta and Sigma in its name. H gets replaced w/ E, and Sigma gets replaced with... E again... its a mess too.

Originally Posted by Jen

We have specific CMYK, RGB and hexadecimal colour codes to use to represent our colours online and in printing.

We also have "classic" and "formal" colour palettes to be used in addition to our colours for printing (like in newsletters, websites etc). These are all secondary colours that are used for accents.

We also have to have our royal blue printed a specific way or it shows up at purple.

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

[COLOR="Magenta"]When using anything sailboat to represent Sigma, the sails of the boats should always be moving ever forward.

Ex: the "sails" in our logo:

While that makes sense, it just means Tri Sigma is always sailing east. LOL.

On a related note: it would be obvious that our poodle should be in a neutral (black/white/tan) color but ideally in royal blue/gold. 99% of poodle ANYTHING you'll find is pink or sky blue. Which makes it that much more special when i DO find a neutral or royal blue/gold poodle.