Liturgical colours
Black
Colour of fasting and penance
Symbolic of sorrow and mourning and occurs mostly during Great Lent.
Blue
Colour of purity and perfection
Symbolic of heaven and its impeccable purity. It is associated with the Holy Virgin, most pure and sacred.
Gold
Colour of the kings
Symbolic of the radiant light of God and the splendour of the celestial kingdom.
Green
Colour of the Holy Spirit and eternal life
Symbolic of natural, living things. It is the colour of eternal renovation.
Purple
Colour of supreme spiritual authority
Symbolic of the Saviour’s ultimate sacrifice of the Cross.
Red
Colour of spilt blood
Symbolic of blood and torments.
White
Colour of the Divine Light
Symbolic of the uncreated Light of Mount Tabor and the holiness and purity to which we all aspire as we walk before God.