Honor Cords – Off White

Off White Honor Cords (eggshell) come as a set of twisted cords, with a tassel on each end of the each cord (for a total of four tassels). The honor cords are 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 long when spread out rather than folded at the knot). Each tassel is about four inches long. Honor cords are 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

These off white honor cords (eggshell) are typically used for recognition of individual achievement and participation. They’re generally worn during a commencement ceremony. Honor cords (chords) are used by colleges, universities, community college, high schools, and some middle schools and homeschools

Who Buys Honor Cords

Usually purchased by a member of an honors society, fraternity, sorority, or department recognition coordinator. Also for valedictorian, summa cum laude, magna cum laude, or cum laude awards.

Honor Societies using Off White (aka Eggshell White)

Eggshell or off-white plays a role with a few honor society graduations for university and college. Honor societies that use eggshell as part of their honors regalia include: Kappa Omicron Nu, Sigma Pi Sigma, and Sigma Theta Tau. Honor society links are listed below:

Kappa Omicron Nu

Sigma Pi Sigma

Sigma Theta Tau

There are additional honor societies that utilize eggshell in their ceremonies. Some also use a variation on that color. If your honor society uses off white, and isn’t listed above, drop us an email and let us know. We can add your name to the list.

This Off White Color

Our Eggshell isis an off-white colored sheen. We offer two variations on whitish colors, this one, and white (see links below for pictures of those other options).

Shades of white include: Buff, Latte, Flax, Light, Seashell, Baige, Cream, Drab, Ivory, and Magnolia. White or silver represents brightness, innocence, purity, and virtue. It has also represented royalty, and is often associated with cold, snow, ice, and the moon. For graduate hoods and academic regalia colors, white represents a degree in History, Literature, Arts, English, Letters, and Sociology.

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.