Symbols
The coat of arms as adopted in 1908 has a sable (black) field, but today it is most often seen as shown at the top of this page.
The fraternity's official colors are Cardinal Red and Hunter Green, and its badge is a shield with a textured border: a lamp resting on a tome towards the bottom, and towards the top is an eye surrounded by two gold stars. In the center of the shield, on a black background, are the gold symbols for the Greek letters Phi (Φ) Kappa (Κ) and Psi (Ψ).
The fraternity flag is in the proportions of eight and one-half feet wide by six feet high; the colors are the official fraternity colors; the design is three vertical stripes of equal width, a hunter green in the middle, flanked on either side by a cardinal red stripe. A smaller version is available with proportions roughly three and one-half feet wide by two feet high.
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