Wearing letters in colors other than your GLO's

[1908Revelations]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

D9ers DO NOT wear colors other than their own. (Unless they're clowning other groups.)

YOu beat me to it.

Also in the event we, D9, were trying to clown another org by putting on their colors (like in a stepshow) we will not put our letters on those colors. EX. AKA will NOT be on Blue and White, or ZPhiB will not be on Red and White. See this thread.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by 1908Revelations

YOu beat me to it.

Also in the event we, D9, were trying to clown another org by putting on their colors (like in a stepshow) we will not put our letters on those colors. EX. AKA will NOT be on Blue and White, or ZPhiB will not be on Red and White. See this thread.

I remember a thread where some ladies had all gotten together and made THEIR ORG's letters in the other 3's colors, and the back of the shirt said "we look good in any color".

[PhoenixAzul]

Our campus culture for letters is heavy on patterns. In my sorority, the family trees have specific patterns associated with them, so littles are usually given those as their first set. But other than that, it is pretty much whatever you want.

Generally, people don't get letters in the other orgs solid colors (for example, Tau Delta's colors are white a blue, so EKT wouldn't get letters in solid white and blue, but blue shirts with a pattern with some sort of white background, not a big deal). It seems that people prefer patterns over colors....I only have one set of letters in the solid colors of my organization.

[ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl]

I've definitely wasted breath on this one...

Personally I think it's most respectful to wear only your organization's colors on your letters. I won't be making any jersey with anything but. Patterns are a good alternative because they can incorporate many colors...I usually don't even do that unless I can incorporate red buff and green but patterns aren't the same as blatantly using someone else's colors.

[cuteASAbug]

As much as I love my sorority to death, I'd rather not look like a Christmas tree every time we have an event or do anything that requires that we wear letters.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by cuteASAbug

As much as I love my sorority to death, I'd rather not look like a Christmas tree every time we have an event or do anything that requires that we wear letters.

Are you sure no one's going to confuse you for a DG? I mean your signature is pink & blue...

[33girl]

That's why it rocks to have 4 colors, ladies.

While red & white are our primary colors, palm green & gold are our supplementary colors. A lot of times chapters who are on a campus with another NPC sorority with similar colors (i.e. AOII or Chi Omega) use the gold as an accent color.

[Still BLUTANG]

this is actually a sore subject in TBS / KKY. most of the HBCU chapters stick to Blue and White, with a "classic touch of gold"... i am assuming because on HBCU campuses blue +white or blue+gold "belong" to other Orgs. However, at district and national conventions when a whole bunch of WEIRD band people from HBCUs, PWIs, big state schools, etc get together - i have seen letters in everything across the rainbow as well as patterns (spongebob squarepants, no lie).

I have seen a chapter of a D9 sorority with neon/electric versions of their colors on their line jackets. this was back in 98 or 99 and i have NEVER seen it since.

[Scandia]

I have a green t-shirt with magenta Alpha Phi Omega letters and a magenta t-shirt with blue and gold letters. Both letters in both shirts have patterns. I was never dissuaded or discouraged from wearing them.

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

D9ers DO NOT wear colors other than their own. (Unless they're clowning other groups.)

LOL

Originally Posted by 1908Revelations

YOu beat me to it.

Also in the event we, D9, were trying to clown another org by putting on their colors (like in a stepshow) we will not put our letters on those colors. EX. AKA will NOT be on Blue and White, or ZPhiB will not be on Red and White. See this thread.

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

I remember a thread where some ladies had all gotten together and made THEIR ORG's letters in the other 3's colors, and the back of the shirt said "we look good in any color".

Yes, those photos cirulated on the NPHC circuit for some time.

I have seen one of my own sorors, a Delta and an AKA use fabric with pattern however the color of the fabric was the correct color of the respective sorority. I thought all of them looked really cute.