Why can't you wear white to a funeral?

No real reason, but normallyt he costume of Mourning is black- however one wears a white shirt with a Black or even Navy Blue suit jacket- so there is already some contrast. White garments ARE often worn by the deceased, a classic example being Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, who was given a white funeral. all of the trappings were in white, including the Dress the Queen was buried in. Wilhelmina died in l962 and was buried on either December 7 or 8 th so it is an apropriate question, today being the seventh.