Colors of the Christian Church Year
These colors represent the various seasons of the Christian Year:
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Black – Good Friday, Holy Saturday, signifies sin or death |  |
Blue – Advent, Christmas Eve, signifies heaven or truth |
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Gold – Sometimes used as an alternative to White, signifies divinity |  |
Gray – Ash Wednesday, signifies ash and therefore repentance |
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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 |
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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 |
