Colors of the Church Year
| Colors | Season | Alternate color* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Blue | Purple | 1st, 2nd Wk of Advent | Blue | |
| Royal Blue | Purple | 3rd Wk of Advent | Pink | Rose |
| Royal Blue | Purple | 4th Wk of Advent | Blue | |
| White | Gold | Christmas Eve | Blue | |
| White | Gold | Christmastide | Yellow | |
| White | Gold | Epiphany | Yellow | |
| White | 1st Sunday after Epiphany - Baptism of the Lord | Lt. Green | ||
| Green | After Epiphany | Lt. Green | ||
| White | Gold | Transfiguration | Yellow | |
| Purple | Ash Wed/Lent | Violet | ||
| Purple | Passion/Palm Sunday | Red | ||
| Purple | Maundy Thursday | Red | ||
| -- No color -- | Good Friday | Purple | Black | |
| -- No color -- | Holy Saturday | Black | ||
| White | Gold | Easter | Yellow | |
| White | Gold | Eastertide | Red | |
| White | Gold | Ascension Day | Yellow | |
| White | Gold | Eastertide | Red | |
| Red | Pentecost Sunday | Gold | ||
| White | Trinity Sunday | Red | Gold | |
| Green | Kingdomtide | Lt. Green | Bronze | |
| Aqua | Olive | |||
| White | All Saints Day | Red | Gold | |
| Green | Kingdomtide | Lt. Green | Bronze | |
| Aqua | Olive | |||
| White | Christ the King | Gold | Yellow | |
| Red | White | Thanksgiving | - | |
| Green | Kingdomtide | Lt. Green | Bronze | |
| Aqua | Olive | |||
*Some churches are adopting alternate, mostly lighter color schemes (blue instead of Royal blue, yellow instead of Gold, violet instead of purple, light green instead of green, and so forth). The "Alternate colors" column reflects newer color schemes. The "Colors" column reflects the colors listed in the Official United Methodist Program Calendar.
Also note that many churches use a pink or rose colored candle on the 3rd Sunday in Advent. So some churches also change the colors to pink or rose for that day.
Also see "Changing colors for the Christian Year" (GBOD).