white is the color of mourning
The color of mourning in Turkey is violet. White (emblem of hope), is the color of mourning in China. Henry VIII. wore white for Anne Boleyn. The ladies of ancient Rome and Sparta wore white. It was the color of mourning in Spain till 1498. Yellow (the sere and yellow leaf), the color of mourning in Egypt and Burmah. Anne Boleyn wore yellow for Catharine of Aragon.