Symbol "Quirks"

[Senusret I]

The Alpha badge isn't supposed to be worn crooked but DAMMIT WHY IS THE PIN THNGY ON AN ANGLE??? It's impossible to wear correctly!

#jewelryhazing

[XAntoftheSkyX]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

The Alpha badge isn't supposed to be worn crooked but DAMMIT WHY IS THE PIN THNGY ON AN ANGLE??? It's impossible to wear correctly!

#jewelryhazing

Its the same with our badge.

Also, Delta Chi has red and buff (a tanned shade of yellow) which we share with AGD.

[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.

[nittanygirl]

[QUOTE=tld221;2030775]

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

Unless I am facing south looking at my computer... then it's facing west..

Regardless, ever forward

[ASTalumna06]

I've only seen it happen once or twice, but I HATE when I see the crown, book, stars and anchor on our coat-of-arms in the wrong place! How it should be:



And our badge is not a "weird" or "retarded" star ... yes, someone actually said that to me.



If you don't know what it is (and you shouldn't if you're not in the sorority), and you can't comment intelligently about it, don't say anything at all. K thanks

[XAntoftheSkyX]

Originally Posted by Gusteau

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?

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by Gusteau

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

I've kind of envied members of those GLOs whose badges aren't supposed to be straight. If you're, say, a Pi Phi, it doesn't matter at what precise angle you pin your badge as long as the arrow is pointing up. If you're an AEPhi, your badge has to be horizontal. "OK, let me pin my badge onto this silk blouse... crap, not quite horizontal... OK, let me re-pin it... crap, still not quite right... <several attempts later> OK, finally right, but the 'left chest' area of my blouse now looks like Swiss cheese. I hope the dry cleaner can do something about that."

As for colors, we use green and white, but we don't specify a particular shade of green - although I think the white would have to be pure white. (#FFFFFF )

[tld221]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

I've kind of envied members of those GLOs whose badges aren't supposed to be straight. If you're, say, a Pi Phi, it doesn't matter at what precise angle you pin your badge as long as the arrow is pointing up. If you're an AEPhi, your badge has to be horizontal. "OK, let me pin my badge onto this silk blouse... crap, not quite horizontal... OK, let me re-pin it... crap, still not quite right... <several attempts later> OK, finally right, but the 'left chest' area of my blouse now looks like Swiss cheese. I hope the dry cleaner can do something about that."

As for colors, we use green and white, but we don't specify a particular shade of green - although I think the white would have to be pure white. (#FFFFFF )

Not that i could tell you what your colors are, but i always understood AEPhi's green to be like emerald/forest green. i cant imagine AEPhi in, say, lime green and #ffffff

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by tld221

Not that i could tell you what your colors are, but i always understood AEPhi's green to be like emerald/forest green. i cant imagine AEPhi in, say, lime green and #ffffff

True

What I was trying to say is that (AFAIK) we don't have a specific designation like "olive green" or CMYK or hex codes for a specific shade of green. So long as it's in the mid-green range - not too light and not too much yellow or blue - it's ok.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

As for colors, we use green and white, but we don't specify a particular shade of green - although I think the white would have to be pure white. (#FFFFFF )

I find this interesting. Usually with sororities at least, it seems as though they're very specific with their colors.. Mode, azure blue, pearl white, buff..

AST is specifically emerald green and gold. I can't imagine using a brighter green, and it probably wouldn't look as nice with gold. As tld221 pointed out, I couldn't picture AEPhi using a light green, either.

What other groups aren't particular about the shades of their colors?

[CutiePie2000]

I posted this in the ancient times of 2005 and I will post it again now.
Even though I'm not an AGD, I always thought this was rather interesting.....

Alpha Gamma Delta has 2 versions of its crest or "Armorial Bearings"....

The American version:


The Canadian version:


"Alpha Gamma Delta chapters in Canada have a slight variation in the design of the Armorial Bearings. Chapters in Canada use the Coat of Arms without the helmet. Rulings of the British government do not permit anyone except the sovereign to bear the Royal Helmet".

And since Canada is still part of the British Empire, hence the different crest.

[AGD1978]

Originally Posted by CutiePie2000

I posted this in the ancient times of 2005 and I will post it again now.
Even though I'm not an AGD, I always thought this was rather interesting.....

Alpha Gamma Delta has 2 versions of its crest or "Armorial Bearings"....

The American version:


The Canadian version:


"Alpha Gamma Delta chapters in Canada have a slight variation in the design of the Armorial Bearings. Chapters in Canada use the Coat of Arms without the helmet. Rulings of the British government do not permit anyone except the sovereign to bear the Royal Helmet".

And since Canada is still part of the British Empire, hence the different crest.

I had totally forgotten that bit of info! I learned it when I was a pledge (does that date me?) but it had slipped my mind. Thanks for the reminder!

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

I find this interesting. Usually with sororities at least, it seems as though they're very specific with their colors.. Mode, azure blue, pearl white, buff..

AST is specifically emerald green and gold. I can't imagine using a brighter green, and it probably wouldn't look as nice with gold. As tld221 pointed out, I couldn't picture AEPhi using a light green, either.

What other groups aren't particular about the shades of their colors?

I suppose red, buff, and green aren't totally specific (another sister correct me if I'm wrong) so I don't think there are specific shades of those colors that must be used. Though just about everything I own that uses our colors is crayola red, a forest green, and bright yellow. So hard to find something that uses actual buff.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by Alumiyum

I suppose red, buff, and green aren't totally specific (another sister correct me if I'm wrong) so I don't think there are specific shades of those colors that must be used. Though just about everything I own that uses our colors is crayola red, a forest green, and bright yellow. So hard to find something that uses actual buff.

Well, it's different when you're getting stuff straight from IHQ (paperwork, etc.) since we as mere mortals don't have access to the same resources. Most of the stuff I've noticed coming from IHQ does indeedy use more of a "buff" color rather than yellow. The colors on the website use buff. It's just hard to find that color in real life without it looking off.

For all three colors, I'm sure they use their own standard color codes to keep everything consistent online/in print - whether that's RGB, CYMK, or HSI I have no idea.

Another example, I've never, not once in my life, seen a buff rose in person.