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).
