London Bay Stationery

The following list shows when the various colors are used:

The four Sundays in Advent–Violet (or Purple)
Christmas–White
Sundays after Christmas–White
Epiphany and the following Sundays–White
(Green by Episcopalians after the Epiphany Octave)
Transfiguration of our Lord–White
Pre-Lenten Sundays–Violet
(or Green by Lutherans)
All Sundays in Lent–Violet
All other days in Lent, Up to Good Friday–Violet
Holy Week, beginning with vespers of Palm Sunday–Violet
Maundy Thursday–Violet
(or White if Holy Communion is celebrated)
Good Friday–Black
Easter and the following Sundays–White
Ascension Day and the following Sunday–White

The above is from Our Christian Symbols by Friedrich Rest.
There are variations of colors used by different denominations.

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