Symbol "Quirks"

[Smile_Awhile]

Also a note on colors- We are not just any red and green. We are scarlet and olive green. Not forest, not kelly- olive. But... we do kind of play around with that one...

[angels&angles]

Let's see, as someone pointed out the Pi Phi badge is at an angle but it doesn't matter WHAT angle, as long as it is pointing up. There is a directional component, but I can never remember it as I am slightly dyslexic and directionally challenged.

Our colors are wine and silver blue, which gives some leeway. But it's not RED, and it's definitely not PINK!

[goldendelta]

While this is not technically a symbol it always annoys me when I see Tri-Delta. There's no hyphen in Tri Delta!

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by goldendelta

While this is not technically a symbol it always annoys me when I see Tri-Delta. There's no hyphen in Tri Delta!

This is a big pet peeve of mine.

I understand if you're a young/new member and no one ever told you that there is no hyphen.

But I have seen high level national volunteers refer to us as Tri-Sigma and it bugs me.

[MysticCat]

BTW, for the AGDs, I found this hex code for buff: #F0DC82

It gives you THIS.

[TPA85]

Seems pretty logical, but Theta Phi Alpha's pledge pin must always be worn directionally-correct... (ie North at the top)



That's the only one I can think of for TPA.

[Psi U MC Vito]

Only quirk I can think of atm is with our pledge pin, not our badge. It has to be worn with the garnet half on top, except for Theta Chapter which can wear it Gold over Garnet. And at least one chapter changes which way it is worn each year.

[honeychile]

I could be wrong, but I think you could find the buff rose in the middle of this rose: Bella'roma:



I know that there was an elderly lady who my mother knew when I was a child who had what I'd now call a buff rose.

And this one doesn't have the pinkish edge:

[GeorgiaGreek]

Originally Posted by 33girl

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

I LOLed.

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Sigma Delta Tau's colors are supposed to be cafe au lait and old blue. Pretty much everything uses regular yellow and crayola standard blue. I really don't understand what is so hard about making something with our real colors. Or who decided yellow would look much better on everything.

Also, the shields on the composites throughout our house (the one's that are up, from the early 60's and on) all have different colors on the background!
Some are the old blue thats on the Wikipedia page (I guess that's the official Pantone color or something), some are a light seafoam, some are a yellowy light green, some are a baby blue..And it's not just aging of the ink, they're legitimately totally different colors. Drives me crazy.

I can't think of any little details like certain things being certain numbers.. Our pin is supposed to face up, although it's a torch, so facing down wouldn't really make sense anyway.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaGreek

Sigma Delta Tau's colors are supposed to be cafe au lait and old blue. Pretty much everything uses regular yellow and crayola standard blue. I really don't understand what is so hard about making something with our real colors. Or who decided yellow would look much better on everything.

I'm used to "old gold" meaning a metallic gold rather than something more "yellowy," but I don't think I've ever heard "old blue" used before. What shade is meant by that?

[GeorgiaGreek]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I'm used to "old gold" meaning a metallic gold rather than something more "yellowy," but I don't think I've ever heard "old blue" used before. What shade is meant by that?

Well I was under the impression that old blue had more grey/brown in it than standard blue and a more faded look...kind of like the color of the bar with the thread title in it on GC?
Although I was also told that the color on the crest is actually what old blue is...

Maybe an older member can help me out on this one?
Either way, it's definitely not standard blue.

I'm more bothered by the use of yellow though, because while gold is hard to print sometimes, and yellow makes a good substitute, Cafe Au Lait can be easily printed, or at least light brown would be a better substitute than yellow. Maybe I'm just bitter about the yellow because I don't have the complexion to wear it