Green

• Ordinary Time

Violet

• Advent
• Lent
• Holy Saturday for liturgies other than Mass, which is not celebrated on this day.
• Sacrament of Reconciliation

Optional Usage

• Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday)
• Fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday)
• Masses and offices for the dead, including All Souls' Day

White

• Christmastide (from Christmas day to the Baptism of the Lord)
• Easter season
• Holy Thursday
• Feasts of Our Lord other than of His Passion
• Feasts of Our Lady
• Feasts of the Angels
• Feast of St. John the Apostle
• Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul
• Nativity of St. John the Baptist
• Feast of All Saints
• Feasts of Non-martyred Saints
• Weddings
• Baptism

Red

• Pentecost
• Palm Sunday
• Celebrations of the Passion of the Lord, including Good Friday
• Feasts of the Holy Cross
• Feasts of the Apostles and Evangelists, except St. John
• Feasts of Martyred Saints, including the Holy Innocents
• Confirmation Masses
• Masses for deceased Popes and Cardinals.

Rose

Optional Usage

• Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday), where customary
• Fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday), where customary

Black

Optional Usage

• All Souls' Day
• Masses and offices for the dead