Color Conflict

[JMFratsHard]

Originally Posted by adpiucf

Don't go from your "understanding." Check with your nationals before you go promoting a third color. Adding a color to your official colors is changing the colors-- it is changing the established branding and marketing.

It is fine to have shirts, etc., that are different colors that have nothing to do with your official colors, but you can't go adding any arbitrary third colors to official fraternity marks or symbols that require the official colors.

You can distinguish your differences in other ways.

The third color is going to be just for the shirt, nothing else

[tunatartare]

Dude, honestly, if the only thing distinguishing your fraternity is your colors, then I'd say you've got bigger problems than what color shirts to get.

[JMFratsHard]

Originally Posted by KLPDaisy

Dude, honestly, if the only thing distinguishing your fraternity is your colors, then I'd say you've got bigger problems than what color shirts to get.

I did not suggest that the colors would be our only distinguishing factor. I was merely saying I'd like to adopt a 3rd color because PIKE essentially has the same colors as us.

When It comes to prospective members if they see PhiKT and PKA in the same colors they aren't going to know which is which. People have a hard enough time remembering which one is PIKE and which is Pi Kapp. We're not trying to add more to the confusion. I'm simply trying to establish a different visual identity.

GDIs can easily remember a GLOs colors than they can the letters. I can tell you how many times I've had girls ask me, "what's that blue and yellow sorority", or "who are the purple and gold ones?"

[Drolefille]

When it comes to T shirts, the fraternities on our campus had shirts in a bunch of colors. Pick something that looks good with your colors and work it into your shirt... such as a Navy shirt with old gold letters or something

You can still use your colors, just use other ones as well. It's not really a third "official" color, it's just the color of this set of Tshirts.

[AlphaFrog]

You could always do something like this (the MALE version):



And put "Phi Tau" instead of traditional block letters to distinguish yourselves.

Although I gotta agree with KLPDaisy...if you need different colors to make yourselves stand out, worry about something besides t-shirts.

(And I'm not picking on you, my dad's a Phi Tau)

[shinerbock]

If you use that shirt I'll drive to your colony and kick your tshirt chair's ass.
Most of our shirts werent in fraternity colors, they were green or blue or whatever. GDI's don't give a damn what color your shirt is, that won't impress them. To impress them you'll need quality and intelligent people, good looking girls, and good social events.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

If you use that shirt I'll drive to your colony and kick your tshirt chair's ass.

Hon, calm down, it's called an EXAMPLE. Just pointing out that there are other things besides a grey t-shirt with Harvard Red & Old Gold block letters that Phi Tau can use. I didn't mean for him to use THAT exact shirt.

[shinerbock]

It was a threat to him more than you.

Guide to fraternity t shirts-
1) short sleeve
2) should have a pocket
3) should have some picture on the back which represents the event
4) should never have any cheesy saying like "I like girls who like girls"
5) should also avoid lame brotherhood statements straight off national's website

[macallan25]

^agreed, and should generally only come in white, navy blue, or forrest green

[tunatartare]

I gotta ask, why a pocket?

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by KLPDaisy

I gotta ask, why a pocket?

It's a guy thing. All of our work t-shirts HAVE to have pockets caz the guys like them.

[shinerbock]

Some guys like them for a pack of cigs, I usually like them because its the place I tend to find my credit card after a night at the bar.

[tunatartare]

You wear tshirts to a bar? I would've never pegged you as the type.

[shinerbock]

Thats a really good observation actually. I never wear t shirts, to the bar or anywhere else. That being said, I do wear those non-iron dress shirts with a front pocket, and its always a relief to find my credit card there. I imagine it would be the same with pocketed t shirts.

[tunatartare]

Oh ok, I got worried about you for a second there.