We use the color purple in Lent because it is the color of royalty, and Jesus is the king crowned with thorns. This article explains more about purple as the color of royalty:
https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-middle-east/2021/01/ancient-fabric-find-show-how-king-david-may-have-dressed/?utm_source=Crux+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=2fa59ca801-Daily+Blast&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_15d5f1aae4-2fa59ca801-41722957
Especially noteworthy to me is the fact that the dye came from the gland of a mollusk found in the Mediterranean Sea.
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