Lenten color

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]