In Lithuania in the 20th century distinctive meanings are attributed to textile colors. Fabric colors were linked with other symbolic images of customs. The symbolics of liturgical rites and accessories was known. Let us see how people interpreted meanings of colors, according to data from field research. Fabrics of what colors were suitable during marriages, baptisms, funerals, and big religious holidays?

The meanings of white fabrics were known in all Lithuania. Red was a symbol of protection and a sign of singling out the object. Green is linked with nature, hope, and loneliness. Violet and black mean sadness, and golden is the color of virtue and honor.

It has to be noted that, according to data from field research, not many meanings of colors were known in the 20th century. The meanings of colors of fabrics used for funerals are the most particuliar. The category of yellow is very distinctive in contemporary ethnic culture.

In church the color shows periods and holidays. People in Lithuania interpreted the symbolics of textile colors suitable for liturgical periods. Besides, color definitions were related to social factors and social circumstances. It was said that 'a poor man has dark colors (biedno žmogaus tamsios spalvos),* the colors of the flag of the Republic of Lithuania are Lithuanian.

We can notice that meanings of color symbolics are an original understanding of Christian truths in agrarian society. White fabrics were the most meaningful. Patterns, called Lithuanian,* decorated with the colors of the Lithuanian flag or similar to them, are some of the best known among textile symbols of different colors.