Funeral dress code?

[champignonsavage]

Hi I need some advice please. If you were going to a funeral and were told the dress code was "casual" would you still wear all black? Or would it be more appropriate to wear another colour? I have absolutely no idea how to interpret "casual" in the context of a funeral and don't want to bother the person who is recently bereaved with such a trivial question when they're grieving. Hoping mumsnetters can help instead.

For a funeral which has expressed casual wear, I’d wear a summer dress and wedge shoes. Smart but following the casual request. In this case I definitely wouldn’t wear black.

I’d still wear mainly black. Better to be in black/sombre colours and everyone in all sorts, rather than the other way around. But you don’t have to wear all black as PPs have said.

@WeAllHaveWings Boots in the summer and a black suit? Doesn’t sound or look casual. More of a work look? I’ve been to casual dress funerals in a woodland setting. Few are wearing black head to toe in these settings. Smart in a large church is different. Any darker colour is fine but suits not needed.

I think it depends what at you normally wear. A fair bit of my wardrobe is black and navy. I wouldn't be going as casual as navy shorts, though.