Liturgical Colours: A Summary - Introduction

The Church’s liturgical norms do prescribe specific vestment colours for various celebrations.

The purpose of utilising different colours for vestments is twofold:

• First, the colours highlight the particular liturgical season and the journey of the faithful through these seasons.
• Second, the colours punctuate the liturgical season by highlighting a particular event or particular mystery of faith.

The following explanation is based on the norms of the General Instruction on the Roman Missal (GIRM).