'Lenten color' definitions:

Definition of 'Lenten color'

From: GCIDE

Lenten \Lent"en\, a. [From OE. lenten lent. See Lent, n. ]
1. Of or pertaining to the fast called Lent; used in, or suitable to, Lent; as, the Lenten season. [1913 Webster]
She quenched her fury at the flood, And with a Lenten salad cooled her blood. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
2. Spare; meager; plain; somber; unostentatious; not abundant or showy. "Lenten entertainment." " Lenten answer." --Shak. " Lenten suit." --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
Lenten color, black or violet. --F. G. Lee. [1913 Webster]