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If you are actually asking about WEARING the colors, to me, this would be "hazing" (sorta kinda). I don't know how you can force members to not wear the colors of the fraternity. And all hazing violations aside, this still seems kind of ridiculous. Wearing letters or fraternity insignia before initiation is one thing, but wearing specific colors? I would like to think that if I was a new member in my GLO and I was wearing a green shirt with some gold jewelry, I wouldn't be looked down upon because of that.
Keep in mind that even if there is no punishment for wearing the colors written down anywhere, it doesn't mean it didn't happen. Chapters that do haze don't generally have all of their hazing rituals available for the world to see. You're not in this organization. Even if they were hazing, I'm sure they wouldn't tell you, or anyone else for that matter.
On the other hand, if they were ONLY caught for restricting their new members from wearing the colors (or something very similar to that), their punishment does seem harsh if it is the same penalty they would have received had they done something more severe than this.
At the same time, I'm not completely surprised that it happened. Some schools are coming down hard on hazing violations. In order to avoid them altogether, avoid things that cross into the gray area.
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