To compare the hood lining patterns of various colleges and universities, please select ONE of the colors in the hood lining. On the next page you will select the second color in the hood lining.

Shades of RED

Shades of ORANGE

Shades of GOLD

Shades of YELLOW

Shades of GREEN

Shades of BLUE

Shades of VIOLET

Shades of BROWN

BLACK

Shades of GRAY

Shades of SILVER

WHITE

TARTAN patterns

An illustration from The Degrees and Hoods of the World’s Universities and Colleges by Frank W. Haycraft (1948) of a Doctor of Music hood from American Temperance University in Tennessee, which went defunct in 1908.
A drawing of a Master of Music hood from the Detroit Institute of Musical Arts in Academic Heraldry in America by Kevin Sheard (1962). In this illustration the pink velvet edging of the hood is too reddish in tone. The Institute merged with Marygrove College in 2000. Marygrove went defunct in 2019.