Editing Violet (color) (section)

===Religion===
[[File:Sahasrara_Mandala.svg|thumb|[[Sahasrara]], one of the Seven Chakras in [[Hinduism]], is represented by violet colour]]

In the Roman Catholic church, violet is worn by [[bishop]]s and [[archbishop]]s, red by [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinals]] and white by the [[Pope]]. Ordinary priests wear black. As in many other [[Western Christianity|Western churches]], violet is the [[Liturgical colours|liturgical color]] of [[Advent]] and [[Lent]], which respectively celebrate the expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the [[Crucifixion of Jesus]] and the time for [[penance]] and/or [[mourning]].

A stained glass window installed in the early 1920s in the [[Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels]] in Los Angeles depicts [[God the Father in Western art|God the Father]] wearing a violet robe.<ref>[[:File:LA Cathedral Mausoleum Coronation of Mary.jpg|Stained glass window in the Cathedral of the Angels in Los Angeles, California depicting God the Father wearing a purple/violet robe:]]</ref>

After the [[Vatican II Council]], which modified many of the rules of the Catholic church, priests began to wear violet robes when celebrating masses for the dead. Black was no longer used, since it was the color of mourning outside the church and deemed inappropriate in a religious ceremony.<ref>Eva Heller, ''Psychologie de la couleur: effets et symboliques''. p. 166.</ref>

In [[Hinduism]], violet is used to symbolically represent the seventh, crown [[chakra]] ([[Sahasrara]]).<ref>Stevens, Samantha (2004). [https://archive.org/details/sevenraysunivers0000stev ''The Seven Rays: a Universal Guide to the Archangels''] {{subscription}}. Toronto: Insomniac Press. p. 24. {{ISBN|1-894663-49-7}}. {{OCLC|288122413}}.</ref>