The Intercollegiate Bureau of Academic Costume (IBAC) assigned Ursinus College a three-color hood lining that was old gold above bright red with a black chevron, according to IBAC lists from 1927 and 1948. Likewise, in History of Academic Caps, Gowns and Hoods (National Academic Cap & Gown Co.: Philadelphia, 1940), Ursinus was said to have a hood with gold (not old gold) above bright red, with a black chevron in the middle.

In the 1950s, however, the Intercollegiate Bureau rearranged the order of the college’s lining colors to better follow the heraldic rule of tincture: red above black, with an old gold chevron separating them. This description appeared in lists compiled by Kevin Sheard for Academic Heraldry in America (1962) and Academic Dress and Insignia of the World (1970), as well as a list published by the Intercollegiate Bureau of Academic Costume in 1972. This is the hood lining pattern that has been retained here.