What color are Lutherans?

Where do you get the idea that Reformed are orange and Catholics are green?

Tangible said:

The Reformed are orange,
while Catholics are green.
But Lutherans don't seem to have a particular color
at least that I've ever seen.

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Reformed are orange, yes, but Catholics green?? I always think of Lutherans as green, although I don't know why.

Why are any of these any colors? I'm not sure I follow...

zippy2006 said:

Where do you get the idea that Reformed are orange and Catholics are green?

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It's an European thing. The reason the flag for Ireland is Orange and Green is to symbolize Protestants and Catholics living peacefully together.

Huh. Well, whaddya know. Who knew? (Well, evidently y'all did. But I didn't.)

I've never heard a color associated for Lutheranism either, to answer the original question.

Tangible said:

Protestants wear orange because of William of Orange.

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My thinking is that orange is the color of Protestants, Lutherans are Protestants, therefore orange is the color of Lutherans.

I always think of red for Anglicans, but the cross of St. George is red and most Anglican churches use some version of that emblem, which may account for why I make the connection to red.

Albion said:

I always think of red for Anglicans, but the cross of St. George is red and most Anglican churches use some version of that emblem, which may account for why I make the connection to red.

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Don't most Anglican churches also have red doors? I'm pretty sure that's not just the Episcopal Church.

Arcangl86 said:

Don't most Anglican churches also have red doors? I'm pretty sure that's not just the Episcopal Church.

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Yes, quite a few do. I don't know if it's "most," though.

Some Lutheran churches also have red doors.

I always associated the color green with Lutheranism. I suspect it's an early childhood association, the only thing I knew about Lutherans as a kid was that a local Lutheran church in my home town drove a van pooling bus to help disabled people get to church and around. It may have been green?

-CryptoLutheran

Arcangl86 said:

Don't most Anglican churches also have red doors? I'm pretty sure that's not just the Episcopal Church.

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FireDragon76 said:

Some Lutheran churches also have red doors.

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Notable old Catholic continental seminal Gothic cathedrals like Chartres, Notre Dame of Paris, Reims, Strasbourg, have red doors to denote of being under the protection of the Blood of Christ. Their architecture was then copied by provincial medieval Catholic-era churches Europe-wide. Some of our medieval stone churches have red doors, too. I don't think we should read too much Lutheran symbolism, if you will, to it. It's a holdover Catholic style of the era and the red ochre paint was cheap and widely available, unlike, for example, the "rich & royal" blues and purples which were rare and expensive.

Tangible said:

The Reformed are orange,
while Catholics are green.
But Lutherans don't seem to have a particular color
at least that I've ever seen.

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Lime Green?

Depends on which branch of Lutherans we are talking about. Liberal Lutherans are a horse of a different color when contrasted with the LMS.

These misguided folks have made their own Lutheran color statement:




Seems these Lutherans are rainbow-colored.

redeemerstpaul

I see where you are getting the colors from. In the world outside of Lutheranism, we are considered Protestant, so we fall under the orange for St. Patricks.

QuiltAngel said:

I see where you are getting the colors from. In the world outside of Lutheranism, we are considered Protestant, so we fall under the orange for St. Patricks.

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This is true but I do like Advent because it matches Luther's Rose