Blue or purple? There are some in the church who enough time on their hands this time of year to debate which is the proper liturgical color for Advent. At Maryology, when such questions arise we ask, “What would Mary do?” Clearly, based on many images of Mary of Nazareth we can see her choice:
Virgen humildad, Fra Angelico
I guess there is a theory that sarum blue was originally faded purple…I’m not a big detail person in this regard but for several reasons I like the blue.