What's your favourite colour of cassock?

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  • AscribeUntoTheLad
    • Feb 2025

    What's your favourite colour of cassock?

    It struck me earlier that there's not a massive variety of cassock colours out there. Blue, red, the occasional green or purple....not much else. So if you were picking a colour(s), what would your cassocks look like? I think I might go for a rather tasteful lilac. With a bit of fuchsia thrown in perhaps.
  • french frank
    Administrator/Moderator
    • Feb 2007
    • 30654

    #2
    Yellow and cyan are the two obvious colours that are missing. Thereafter, blend as you will ...
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    • AscribeUntoTheLad

      #3
      Very good.

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      • Norfolk Born

        #4
        I'm sure I read somewhere that the fuschia's orange.

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        • Miles Coverdale
          Late Member
          • Dec 2010
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          #5
          Don't Norwich wear cerise on high days and holy days? St Paul's normally wear black - very slimming. The original Guildford cassocks were sort of cerise, too.

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          • french frank
            Administrator/Moderator
            • Feb 2007
            • 30654

            #6
            Originally posted by Miles Coverdale View Post
            This is quite fun
            Going back through the archive it's hard to believe some of those weren't made especially for that blog
            It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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            • Old Man

              #7
              I think a tasteful grey would look good - with a hint of purple perhaps. Good question AscribeUntoTheLad!

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              • amateur51

                #8
                Originally posted by Miles Coverdale View Post
                Don't Norwich wear cerise on high days and holy days? St Paul's normally wear black - very slimming. The original Guildford cassocks were sort of cerise, too.

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                • amateur51

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Old Man View Post
                  I think a tasteful grey would look good - with a hint of purple perhaps. Good question AscribeUntoTheLad!
                  Ha! My feet have been like that since 2004

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                  • gainasbass

                    #10
                    Are York colours still blue (weekdays) except Saturdays, Sundays and Saints'/Holy Days when they are red? I think that these colours are most apprpriate.

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                    • Anna

                      #11
                      Oh, definitely Rose Pink for me. Such a flattering colour! But, that is only for Guadete Sunday I think. But really, you can't have a favourite cossack colour as it's all laid down according to the Lit. Year so it's a bit academic. Personally, I dislike green which is boring

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                      • amateur51

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Anna View Post
                        Oh, definitely Rose Pink for me. Such a flattering colour! But, that is only for Guadete Sunday I think. But really, you can't have a favourite cossack colour as it's all laid down according to the Lit. Year so it's a bit academic. Personally, I dislike green which is boring
                        They're asking about cassocks dear, not you favourite sort of Russian

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                        • Anna

                          #13
                          Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
                          They're asking about cassocks dear, not you favourite sort of Russian
                          Oh dear me! So I suppose a Black Russian is out of the question then?

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                          • amateur51

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Anna View Post
                            Oh dear me! So I suppose a Black Russian is out of the question then?

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                            • GreatStuffThisBass

                              #15
                              Many years ago (over 40) I attended an R. S. C. M. residential course at Taunton, taken my the great Roy Massey. A couple of lads also on the course wore buttercup yellow cassocks but I cannot remember from which institution they came. I do recall thinking that they did not go very well with white surplices.

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