Colors of the Christian Church Year
These colors represent the various seasons of the Christian Year:
 |
Black - Good Friday, Holy Saturday, signifies sin or death |  |
Blue - Advent, Christmas Eve, signifies heaven or truth |
 |
Gold - Sometimes used as an alternative to White, signifies divinity |  |
Gray - Ash Wednesday, signifies ash and therefore repentance |
 |
Green - Used during Ordinary Times of the year, signifies growth |  |
Purple - Advent, Lent, Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, signifies penitence or mourning or royalty |
 |
Red - Maundy Thursday, Eastertide, Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, Holy Week, All Saints' Day, signifies blood or fire |  |
White - Christmas, Epiphany, Transfiguration, Easter, Eastertide, Ascension Day, Trinity Sunday, All Saints' Day, Christ the King, signifies purity and innocence and holiness |
