The Colour of Blood
First UK edition  | |
| Author | Brian Moore | 
|---|---|
| Language | English | 
| Genre | political thriller | 
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape (UK) McClelland & Stewart (Canada) Dutton (US)  | 
Publication date  | 1987 | 
| Publication place | United Kingdom | 
| Media type | |
| Pages | 182 | 
| ISBN | 978-0-224-02513-3 | 
| OCLC | 18192603 | 
| Preceded by | Black Robe (1985) | 
| Followed by | Lies of Silence (1990) | 
The Colour of Blood, published in 1987, is a political thriller by Northern Irish-Canadian novelist Brian Moore about Stephen Bem, a Cardinal in an unnamed East European country who is in conflict with the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy and finds himself caught in the middle of an escalating revolution.