No discussion needed here.
We have about 350 officials working in my little corner of Connecticut, and we're taught, and we're told, for at least the past thirty-six years, to only use one syllable colors.
We all (yes, all, no rebels here) do what we're told. And in this case, regarding school color identifiers, why bother fighting city hall? We do what we're told because, at least in this specific case, it's simple that way.
Now everybody agreeing to enforce the "fashion police" rules? Well let's just say that that's another story.
