Rosary Colors

[BCS1991]

Hello all!
This is my first post on Catholic Answers and I hope you will be able to help me out!

I am currently living in the Holy Land as a volunteer for the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. I have a wonderful girlfriend back home (in the U.S.) and I am making her a rosary out of materials from Jerusalem and color coding it based on the mysteries. When it is finished, I will go to each of the sites where the mysteries happened (as is possible, the Coronation of Mary will be a tough one ) and touch the beads to them while saying that decade for our relationship and that we do God’s will.

So far I have a yellowish-gold representing the Glorious Mysteries, white for the Joyful, red for the Sorrowful and purple for the Luminous. I’ve got everything set except for the bottom part of the rosary. What colors would you think best represents the first Our Father bead after the Crucifix and then the Glory Be bead after the third Hail Mary?

I also am thinking white, green, then red for the three Hail Mary’s on the stem representing Faith Hope and Love, respectively. If you have any different suggestions on those please let me know!
Thank you all so much and God bless!!

 

[Della]

What a lovely gift idea. How about green (steadfastness) for Faith, blue (keeping our hearts in heaven) for Hope, and red (agape love) for Charity? You might want to make the Our Father bead the same color as all the other Our Father beads, for consistency.

 

[BCS1991]

What a lovely gift idea. How about green (steadfastness) for Faith, blue (keeping our hearts in heaven) for Hope, and red (agape love) for Charity? You might want to make the Our Father bead the same color as all the other Our Father beads, for consistency.

Thanks for the quick reply, I will definitely think about that, I read somewhere that white green and red represented Faith Hope and Love, respectively, but I really like your explanation.

All of my Our Father Beads are different because I made each one represent a set of mysteries, so consistency would be tough haha

 

[Della]

Thanks for the quick reply, I will definitely think about that, I read somewhere that white green and red represented Faith Hope and Love, respectively, but I really like your explanation.

All of my Our Father Beads are different because I made each one represent a set of mysteries, so consistency would be tough haha

Colors can mean many things depending on the culture. In Hebrew culture blue represented heaven. In the Church, as you know, green is ordinary time–a time of faith and trust. White is for Christmas and Easter as our highest holy days. Purple is the color for repentance and the last things. Gold is a celebratory color, as well. So, whatever colors you choose you’ll be fine. It’s really up to you. I have a red, blue, and a white rosary and my husband’s is black. So, it’s just a matter of tastes when all is said and done.

 

[landon13]

What a wonderful friend you are! This is a great idea and I am almost jealous of this, you want to make me a rosary or two as well??

I think those colors are wonderful. You may just want to do simple blue for the Hail Mary’s at the bottom to symbolize Mary.

Are you making four seperate rosaries for each set of mysteries??

 

[seagal]

Hello all!
This is my first post on Catholic Answers and I hope you will be able to help me out!

I am currently living in the Holy Land as a volunteer for the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. I have a wonderful girlfriend back home (in the U.S.) and I am making her a rosary out of materials from Jerusalem and color coding it based on the mysteries. When it is finished, I will go to each of the sites where the mysteries happened (as is possible, the Coronation of Mary will be a tough one ) and touch the beads to them while saying that decade for our relationship and that we do God’s will.

So far I have a yellowish-gold representing the Glorious Mysteries, white for the Joyful, red for the Sorrowful and purple for the Luminous. I’ve got everything set except for the bottom part of the rosary. What colors would you think best represents the first Our Father bead after the Crucifix and then the Glory Be bead after the third Hail Mary?

I also am thinking white, green, then red for the three Hail Mary’s on the stem representing Faith Hope and Love, respectively. If you have any different suggestions on those please let me know!
Thank you all so much and God bless!!

Blue is the colour most often associated with Mary, it would be great to incorporate that somewhere

 

[Deana83]

What a cool and thoughtful gift. Your girlfriend will love it. I wish I had one like that, can you make a few others and maybe sell them on here–probably not allowed, I’m sure. I guess you can pick colors that have significance or maybe her favorite colors to make it more personal. I’m not really sure but I don’t see how you can go wrong on a gift as nice as that.

 

[NeedsMercy]

That is amazingly thoughtful gift, full of love! She better scoop you up right away–you’re a “keeper”!