Features
The basic colour of the hat is black. However, in Finland, other colors are found, as follows:
- Doctors of Fine arts use dark blue;
- Doctors of Law use crimson;
- Doctors of Medicine and Dentistry use dark green;
- Doctors of Military Science use grey;
- Doctors of Music use sky blue;
- Doctors of Theology use purple.
Swedish doctoral hats are always black.
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