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Confidence votes 6.3K. The defining costume color of a Roman Catholic Cardinal is scarlet red. The daily wear of a Cardinal is a cassock, a long button-front robe that is ordinarily black, except in the tropics where it may be white. The Cardinal's cassock is trimmed with red and worn with a broad red sash around the waist.
1 Colors: Bold red, black, buff, tan. 2  Markings: Northern cardinals are dimorphic, with male birds a brilliant red color all over that may be slightly duller on the wings. 3  Males also have a black narrow facial mask around the eyes, bill and chin.abitat and Migration: Northern cardinals are common throughout the eastern United States from Maine to Florida and continuing west to southern Minnesota, Nebraska, Texas and the eastern half of Mexico. These birds prefer dense woodland cover but can easily be found in suburban areas.