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So, today I've come to be in possession of a shiny new Teutonic Knight. The figure looks all kinds of badass, but I'm just not feeling the Teutonic order's colors. My question is, would it be legal within the rules of Infinity to paint him up as a member of a different order? I'm thinking probably Hospitaller. Would I be able to do that and actually field him as a Hospitaller Knight even though he isn't wearing Hospitaller armor?

Probably.
There aren't many who could call you on it - and Infinity hasn't reached the point where rivet-counters will pull you aside because your figures are wearing the wrong livery.

(Rivet-counters tend to be the historical gamers who prefer accuracy over all, and if the azure uniform tunic with 6 buttons (bronze) is anachronistic to the setting (because they should have had COBALT tunics with 7 GOLD buttons) will tell you so.)

I agree, people shouldn't mind as long as you explain what is what. How you paint your dudes is your own business.

Probably fine, the armour isn't a huge issue (people can tell MO armour apart? ). Nor is the fact that it has a Spitfire instead of whatever ugly, old-style weapon the normal Hospitaller carries (poor old PanO models stuck with what passes for a gun in those days ).

People tend to be pretty lax about proxying in Infinity (just go check out all the people making suggestions for how to use the new Pheasant Agent sniper that are anything but using it as a Pheasant Agent!).

Paint scheme matters even less. So go wild!

The Teutonic order doesn't go to war dressed in their parade colours, In Infinity it is assumed that the vast majority of troops fight dressed according to the mission parameters and not in an arbitrary parade colour, in fact the most technologically adept powers, such as PanO have clothing and armour that changes according to a few preset colour combinations from parade, to low profile, to camouflage.

What the above fluff snippet really says is paint them as you like, its entirely legal, just keep the units insignia, or simply make sure your opponent knows what knight he really is.