Editing Liturgical colours (section)

===1960 rubrics===
The rules on liturgical colours in the 1960 [[Code of Rubrics]], whose observance is still permitted in the circumstances indicated in the 2007 document ''[[Summorum Pontificum]]'' on use of the [[1962 Roman Missal]], which incorporates them,<ref>{{Cite web |year=1962 |title=Missale Romanum |url=http://www.sanctamissa.org/en/resources/books-1962/missale-romanum-1962-pdf.html}}</ref> differ from the current rubrics in the following respects:

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! style="text-align:center;"|Colour!!  style="text-align:center; width:350px;"|1920–1955 usage!!  style="text-align:center; width:350px;"|1956–1960 usage!!  style="text-align:center; width:350px;"|1961–1969 usage
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| style="background:#7f00ff;"|{{white|Violet}}||
*[[Ember days]]
*[[Rogation days]]
*[[Vigil]] of [[Andrew the Apostle|St. Andrew]]
*Vigil of [[Thomas the Apostle|St. Thomas]]
*Vigil of Christmas
*[[Massacre of the Innocents|Holy Innocents]] (when this falls on a weekday)
*[[Presentation of Jesus at the Temple|Purification]] (Blessing of Candles and Procession)
*Vigil of [[Saint Matthias|St. Matthias]] (in leap years only)
*[[Septuagesima]], [[Sexagesima]], and [[Quinquagesima]]
*[[Palm Sunday]] (Blessing of Palms, Procession, Mass)
*[[Holy Saturday]] (pre-Mass blessings and rites) 
*Vigil of [[Pentecost]] (pre-Mass blessings and rites)
*Vigil of the [[Nativity of St. John the Baptist]]
*Vigil of [[James, son of Zebedee|St. James]]
*Vigil of the [[Assumption of Mary|Assumption]]
*Vigil of Sts. [[Simon the Zealot|Simon]] and [[Jude the Apostle|Jude]]
*Vigil of [[All Saints' Day|All Saints]]
*[[All Souls' Day|All Souls]] (during the [[Forty Hours' Devotion]] only)
*Sacrament of [[Baptism]] (Introductory rites and [[Exorcism]])
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*Ember days
*Rogation days
*Vigil of Christmas
*Holy Innocents (when this falls on a weekday)
*Purification (Blessing of Candles and Procession)
*Septuagesima, Sexagesima, and Quinquagesima
*Palm Sunday (Mass only)
*Good Friday (Distribution of [[Eucharist in the Catholic Church|Holy Communion]] only)
*[[Easter Vigil]] (pre-Mass blessings and rites)  
*Vigil of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
*Vigil of the Assumption
*All Souls (during the Forty Hours' Devotion only)
*Sacrament of Baptism (Introductory rites and Exorcism)
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*Ember days
*Rogation days
*Vigil of Christmas
*Septuagesima, Sexagesima, and Quinquagesima
*Palm Sunday (Mass only)
*Good Friday (Distribution of Holy Communion only)
*Easter Vigil (pre-Mass blessings and rites) 
*Vigil of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
*Vigil of Sts. Peter and Paul
*Vigil of [[Lawrence of Rome|St. Lawrence]]
*Vigil of the Assumption
*All Souls (during the Forty Hours' Devotion only)
*Sacrament of Baptism (Introductory rites and Exorcism)
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| style="background:#fbcce7;"|Rose||
*[[Gaudete Sunday]]
*[[Laetare Sunday]]
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*Gaudete Sunday
*Laetare Sunday
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*Gaudete Sunday
*Laetare Sunday
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| style="background:white;"|White||
*[[Octave (liturgical)|Octave]] of the [[Immaculate Conception]]
*Octave of St. John
*Vigil of the [[Epiphany (holiday)|Epiphany]]
*Octave of the Epiphany
*Octave of the [[Saint Joseph's Day|Solemnity of St. Joseph]]
*Vigil of the [[Feast of the Ascension|Ascension]]
*Octave of the Ascension
*Octave of [[Corpus Christi (feast)|Corpus Christi]]
*Octave of the [[Sacred Heart]]
*Octave of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
*Octave of the Assumption
*Octave of All Saints
*Sacrament of Confirmation
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*Vigil of the Ascension
*Sacrament of Confirmation
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*Vigil of the Ascension
*Sacrament of Confirmation
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| style="background:red;"|{{white|Red}}||
*Octave of [[Saint Stephen|St. Stephen]]
*Octave of the Holy Innocents
*Octave of Pentecost
*Octave of [[Feast of Saints Peter and Paul|Sts. Peter and Paul]]
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*Palm Sunday (Blessing of Palms and Procession)
*Octave of Pentecost
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*Palm Sunday (Blessing of Palms and Procession)
*Octave of Pentecost
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| style="background:black;"|{{white|Black}}||
*[[Good Friday]]
*All Souls (except during the Forty Hours' Devotion)
*[[Requiem|Requiem Masses]]
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*Good Friday (main liturgy)
*All Souls (except during the Forty Hours' Devotion)
*Requiem Masses
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*Good Friday (main liturgy)
*All Souls (except during the Forty Hours' Devotion)
*Requiem Masses
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[[Pope Pius X]] raised the rank of the Sundays after Epiphany and Pentecost, so that on those that fell within common octaves, '''green''' was used instead of the colour of the octave, as had previously been the rule;<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.sanctamissa.org/EN/resources/missale-romanum-pdf.html |title=Rubricae generales Missalis: XVIII – De Coloribus Paramentorum |year=1920 |isbn=88-209-2547-8 |quote=1920 typical edition of the Roman Missal omitted the phrase "exceptis Dominicis infra octavas occurrentibus, in quibus color octavarum servatur" found in earlier editions beginning with Pope Pius V's edition of 1570 (page 21 of the facsimile published by Libreria Editrice Vaticana in 1998|last1=Church |first1=Catholic |last2=Sodi |first2=Manlio |last3=Triacca |first3=Achille M. |publisher=Libreria editrice vaticana }}</ref> on Sundays after Pentecost that fell within privileged octaves (i.e., the octaves of Corpus Christi and of the Sacred Heart), the liturgical color of the feast was retained.

The rules on liturgical colours before the time of Pope Pius X were essentially those indicated in the edition of the Roman Missal that [[Pope Pius V]] promulgated in 1570, except for the addition of feasts not included in his Missal. The scheme of colours in his Missal reflected usage that had become fixed in Rome by the twelfth century.