Liturgical Colors

[Lost Squirrel]

What rite does the ELCA follow for liturgical colors? Or better yet, could someone break down the colors and calendar?

I probably should have known better, but the crimson threw me for a loop on Palm Sunday.

 

[AngelusSax]

St. Paul Lutheran Church, Ironton, OH

The right-hand side has a pretty decent explanation.

 

[doulos_tou_kuriou]

From "Worship Wordbook"

Sequence of liturgical colors established by Lutheran Book of Worship is as follows:
Advent-blue or purple
Christmas-white
Epiphany of Our Lord-White
Baptism of Our Lord-white
Sundays After Epiphany-green
Transfiguration-White
Ash Wed-black or purple
Lent-purple
Holy Week-scarlet or purple
Maunday Thursday-scarlet or white
Good Friday-none; scarlet or black
Vigil of Easter-white
Easter-white or gold
Sundays after Easter-white
Pentecost-red
Trinity-white
Sundays after Pentecost-green
Christ the King-white

Each liturgical color used during the church year is either emblematic of a festival's or season's character or is descriptive of the event being commemorated:
blue: hope
purple: penitence
white: joy
red: the fire of the Holy Spirit; blood of the martyrs
black: ashes; mourning
scarlet: the passion of Christ
gold: triumph
green: growth


The only significant change since the LBW that I would note is almost no churches use purple in Advent anymore (traditionally used there in part because of it's association with royalty) because of distinguishing the season of Advent from Lent. So purple is far less common now among Lutherans.
The Good Friday reads first "none" because traditionally you have no paraments you strip the altar and all on Muanday Thursday. The other options are seen as the alternative if you do not do the stripping of the altar.