The informal Mofuku or colored Mofuku is worn for occasions where it is too heavy for a person to wear black Mofuku as the person is not closely related to or a close relative of the deceased or that some anniversary memorial service for a deceased person, usually, dressed on the third anniversary and later.
略喪服（色喪服）は参列者および遠縁者など血縁の近さ遠さによって黒喪服を着るのが重い場合や、年回忌の折に着用する（通常は三回忌以降は略喪服を着ることが多い）。