Every year, she gets commissions for purple, green, and gold masks to wear at Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans, and last year, the organizer of that city’s Mardi Gras Mask Market invited her to ...

gold and green. When celebrating Mardi Gras, you can use any shade of the three hues. You’ll spot these iconic colors everywhere: on masks, dazzling Mardi Gras floats and countless other ...

Green represents faith. And gold is for power. Besides the famous beads, Mardi Gras—February 13 this year—is best known for the colorful masks that revelers wear. Mask-wearing dates back to ...