Contents and Description
Royal Blue Honor Cords are our second most popular honors products. Sets of these include two twisted cords, each with an end tassel ( total of four tassels). Shipped tied together, unless separate is preferred. Half-cord is about thirty inches long, from knot to tassel end. Total of around sixty inches spread out. Tassels are about four inches long. Made from rayon, not silk. You can mix and match different color cords together. Alternative names include honors cord, honor chords, and honors chords.
Typical Uses
These royal honor cords are usually worn during a commencement ceremony. Often used individual achievement and / or participation recognition. These honor chords are used by colleges, universities, community college, high schools, and middle schools and homeschools
Who Buys Honor Cords
Members of an honors society, sorority, fraternity or department recognition coordinator. Also summa cum laude, magna cum laude, and cum laude awards.
Honor Societies using Royal Blue
Royal Blue is the second most popular color for honor cords and honor stoles. Honor society ceremonies for university and college graduations ofen use royal blue. Honor societies that use blue as part of their honors regalia include: Chi Sigma Iota, Alpha Chi, Alpha Kappa Delta. Alpha Kappa Mu, Alpha Phi Sigma, Beta Gamma Sigma. Beta Kappa Chi, Gamma Theta Upsilon, Kappa Tau Alpha. Lambda Sigma, Mu Kappa Tau, Omega Rho. Omicron Delta Epsilon, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Alpha Theta. Pi Alpha Alpha, Pi Delta Phi, Psi Beta, Pi Gamma Mu. Pi Omega Pi, and Rho Chi.Known Honor Societies using royal blue honor cords are listed and linked below::
There are, of course, more honor societies that use royal blue than those listed above. Many also use a close variation to that color. If your honor socieity uses blue, and is not listed above, please drop us an email and let us know, and we will add your name to our list. There are also non-society related organizations which offer honorcord or stole recognition products. Please contact us if you would like your organization listed here (or elsewhere on our website).
This Royal Blue Color
The color is listed as Royal Blue. For honors chords, we offer two variations on blue, this one and navy. Shades of royal blue include:azure, cerulean, denim, cornflower, dodger, persian, light blue (lt. blue), and steel. Blue relates to oceans, sky, stability, water, heaven, magic, honesty, calm, and patriotism.
Academic regalia, including graduation hood colors, use blue to indicate degrees (in no particular order): Political Science, Philosophy, Counseling and Guidance, Education, Pedagogy, Foreign Affairs, Public Administration, Optometry, Religions Education, Foreign Services, and Arts in Education.
Though stoles and hoods are usually restricted to wearing just one at a time as a suppliment to the rest of the academic dress outfit, multiple cords can be worn at the same time. You can even wear more than one set representing multiple honor societies. They are also often combined in multiple colors, such as royal blue and white. Academic additionally offers entwined double or tripple color combinations. Ultimately, each individual honor society determines what color and combination honorcords are appropriate for your commencement ceremony.
How to Buy
Prices range from $4.50 to $10 (plus shipping) a set, depending on the quantity you buy. Bulk discounting is available. We offer two ways to buy these cords. The easiest purchase method is to Buy Online . The alternative method is to download a Grad Accessories Form, print it, fill it out, and fax it back to us at (818) 886-8743. You can receive more information on buying graduation products, including full cost and pricing, from our main honor cords page at HONOR CORDS , and our homepage also contains honor cords information.
If your honor society or other recognition organization would like to purchase a bulk amount of honors products, please let us know. We may also be able to come to an agreement whereby you contract with Academic to supply all your cords to your various members across the country through our website. As a smaller business than most of our competition, we are often in a position to be flexible about various joint ventures with societies and similar organizations. Please contact us if you would like to discuss such arrangements.
List of offerred colors for cord choices:
To view a particular color, click on the color choice on the menu to the left. If you don't see the color you want, and you are interested in bulk purchasing, please contact us and we may be able to arrange for an additional color.
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| Royal Blue | Orange | Hunter Green | Red | Maroon | White | Burgundy | Light Blue |
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| Gold | Navy Blue | Kelly Green | Silver | Purple | Black | Off White | Bronze |
