# What colour mask does one wear with court robes? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [July 22, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-mask-does-one-wear-with-court-robes/947071 "2021-07-22T20:18:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-mask-does-one-wear-with-court-robes/947071/1 "2021-07-22T20:18:20Z")
I’m going with black. Not the blue medical masks. Blue would be too splashy against the black and white of robes and tabs. Black mask fits the black and white colour scheme. ---
**Author:** ![Esprise\_Me](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprise_me/32/2947_2.png) [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-mask-does-one-wear-with-court-robes/947071/2 "2021-07-22T21:32:43Z")
There’s a judge in the courthouse where I regularly appear who wears a black sequined mask. She looks fabulous. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-mask-does-one-wear-with-court-robes/947071/3 "2021-07-22T22:46:30Z")
[You go in the jungle, make a statement. If you’re going to fight, clash.](https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/c86476f2-35ff-406f-936b-101b309f1b03) Thank you Mr Williams ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-mask-does-one-wear-with-court-robes/947071/4 "2021-07-22T23:20:30Z")
Bane mask. Make sure you speak with a weird, unplaceable accent. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-mask-does-one-wear-with-court-robes/947071/5 "2021-07-22T23:37:28Z")
> [@Esprise\_Me](#): > > She looks fabulous. I don’t do fabulous. Just humble prairie folk. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-mask-does-one-wear-with-court-robes/947071/6 "2021-07-23T00:54:01Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > I don’t do fabulous. Just humble prairie folk . Burlap then ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-mask-does-one-wear-with-court-robes/947071/7 "2021-07-23T01:06:41Z")
too scratchy ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-mask-does-one-wear-with-court-robes/947071/8 "2021-07-23T01:10:24Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > I don’t do fabulous. Just humble prairie folk Gingham? Flour sack? ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-mask-does-one-wear-with-court-robes/947071/9 "2021-07-23T05:40:04Z")
You can never go wrong with black. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-mask-does-one-wear-with-court-robes/947071/10 "2021-07-23T06:18:12Z")
Isn’t the real question, gold fringe or plain? ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-mask-does-one-wear-with-court-robes/947071/11 "2021-07-23T16:25:31Z")
What is this, an admiralty court!?! A freeman on the land may not be judged by a gold fringed masker! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-mask-does-one-wear-with-court-robes/947071/12 "2021-07-23T19:20:50Z")
I’m not a judge though. Just a common barrister. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-mask-does-one-wear-with-court-robes/947071/13 "2021-07-23T19:42:38Z")
We uncultured 'Merricans were probably confused by the fact that, in our courts, the judge is the only one who wears a robe. The lawyers, attorneys, and banisters all just wear ordinary business suits. Do you do the powdered wig, too? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-mask-does-one-wear-with-court-robes/947071/14 "2021-07-23T19:53:19Z")
I know that you directed your question to **Northern Piper** , but as another Canadian lawyer, I can answer it. No to the wigs, for judges or lawyers. Judges wear robes, with a sash denoting what level of court they are presiding over. In a superior court (we call ours in Alberta “Queen’s Bench”), the judge wears a red sash; in an inferior court (“Provincial Court”), the judge wears a blue sash. I’m unsure about other provinces, however. Lawyers in Queen’s Bench wear barrister’s robes, with white collar tabs. Lawyers in provincial court just need a business suit. I mostly deal with matters in provincial court, so I don’t own my own robes. On the few occasions when I’ve needed them, I’ve managed to borrow them. ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-mask-does-one-wear-with-court-robes/947071/15 "2021-07-23T23:29:47Z")
Ah. Guilty, as Chronos charged, of being a Yankee. I once wore a jacket and tie to jury duty selection, and was politely informed by a bailiff that should I be selected, I should probably dress down a bit so as not to be confused with someone who was supposed to be there. So, yeah, a bit less schmancy down here. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-mask-does-one-wear-with-court-robes/947071/16 "2021-07-23T23:37:43Z")
I was on a jury a few years back and was really unsure before showing up how to dress. And then when I had to sit in the jury box for two weeks or so, I was worried about being too cold, so I wore sweaters. (I was also worried about falling asleep, so I was pinching myself.) ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-mask-does-one-wear-with-court-robes/947071/17 "2021-07-24T00:48:16Z")
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