Show mourning color colors ecclesiastical colors include all th the primary colors and black and white which are used at various church offices the cardinals of tho tile roman church have adopted scarlet as their color which was originally rod red in ili ancient rome the occupation and rank of many people were made known by the colors colon of the tile garments which they wore black is I in common use among us for mourning but tho the chinese wear wr w r white the turks wear violet and in ethiopia brown is the proper hue white was W as originally the mourning color in some somo european countries but black is generally accepted now D different if colors have frequently been adopted by opposing ing parties and the colors of various nations are incorporated in their flags for instance the red white and blue of the united states harpers harpe rs young people |