Honor Cords – Black

Black Honor Cords come as a set including two twisted cords with a tassel on each end (total four tassels). Shipped tied together, or separately, at your option. Each half-cord is around thirty inches long, measured from knot to end of tassel (about sixty inches spread out). Tassel are about four inches. Made from rayon (we do not offer silk). You can mix and match different color cords together. Alternative names for these products are honors cord, honor chords, and honors chords.

Typical Uses

Black honor cords are usually worn for commencement ceremonies. Used principally for recognition, individual achievement, and as indication of membership or participation.

Who Buys Honor Cords

Members of an honors society, fraternity, sorority, or department recognition coordinator. Also for valedictorian, summa cum laude, magna cum laude, or cum laude awards. Additional purchasers: colleges, universities, community college, high schools, individuals, some middle schools and homeschools.

Honor Societies using Black

Black honor cords are used in a number of honor society ceremonies for university and college graduations. Honor societies that use black honors chords as part of their honors regalia include: Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, Pi Sigma Alpha, and Sigma Tau Delta.

Honor society links:

There are more honor societies that use black than those listed above. Many also use a close variation to that color. If your honor society uses black, and is not listed above, please drop us an email and let us know, and we will add your name to our list.

This Black Color

Shades of the color black include Ivory black, Ebony, Mars black, Shadow, Pitch, Sable, Inky, Burnt, Carbon, Charcoal, Night, Shade, Raven, and Dusk.

Black symbolizes seriousness, authority, and night. Black is often considered reliably stylish. For academic regalia colors and hoods for graduates shades of black (specifically darker drab colors and darker brown colors) are used to indicate a degree in Accounting, Commerce, Business Administration, Business Education, Dramatic Arts, Commercial Science, and Industrial Labor Relations.

How to Buy

Prices range from $8 to $12 (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 .

If your honor society 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.

Colors

The colors generally available include those listed below. Please note that the colors you see on this page may not be accurate (monitor settings differ). If you would like a free swatch sample, they are included when you request a copy of our catalog.

Those individualized pages include information on what that color symbolizes, honor societies associate with that color, academic regalia using that color, and other useful information.