What is Couleur?

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Couleur (from French, in English Colour, or in the United States Color) is the expression used in European Studentenverbindungen for the caps and ribbons worn by members of student societies and German Student Corps, indicating that each society has their own colours which are derived from their individual coat of arms.
A Studentenverbindung (the umbrella term that includes the Burschenschaften, Landsmannschaften, Corps, Turnerschaften, Sängerschaften, Catholic Corporations, Wingolf and Ferialverbindungen) is a German student corporation somewhat comparable to fraternities in the US or Canada.
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Corps ("das ~" (n), [koːr] (s.), [koːrs] (pl.)) are the oldest still-existing kind of Studentenverbindung, Germany's traditional university corporations; their roots date back to the 15th century.
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