Cosmic colors: High-risk faith
Though liturgical colors for vestments, altars and pulpits are traditional, their color spectrum is not tamper-proof. It is time to take a fresh look at the choices. Challenges come from three directions: Tom Ridge, director of Homeland Security, provides a scale with five scary color possibilities; Thomas Miller of Razorfish, a Web site designer, casts out pastels and speaks up for vivids; John Hopkins University scientists Karl Glazebrook and Ivan Baldry have discovered that the universe is beige.