if statement with or comparison (newbie)

[JD <jd_borozo@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm trying to set up a simple conditional, something like this:

If my_variable is NOT equal to (black or white)
   echo "wrong color"
else
   echo "right color"

Here is what I have tried:

    if ($_REQUEST['id'] != ("black" or "white")) {

        echo "wrong color";

    } else (

        echo "right color";

    )

However, no matter what I enter, I always get response "right color".

I should add that if I change the if statement to:

    if ($_REQUEST['id'] != ("black"))

then I get "right color" when I enter "black" and "wrong color" for 
everything else.

Would you please point out what's the trivial thing I'm missing here...

jd

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