Meaning
Colors Symbolic uses of
- Black, a symbol of affliction and calamity
Job 3:5; Job 10:22; Job 30:26; Psa 107:11; Psa 143:3; Isa 5:30; Isa 8:22; Isa 9:19; Isa 24:11; Isa 50:3; Joe 2:6; Joe 2:10; Joe 3:15; Amo 5:8; Nah 2:10; Zep 1:15; Mat 8:12; Mat 22:13; Mat 25:30; 2Pe 2:4; ; Rev 16:10
- Blue:
b A symbol of deity
Exo 24:10; Jer 10:9; Eze 1:26; Eze 10:1; Exo 25:4; Exo 26:1; Exo 28:28; Exo 28:37; Exo 38:18; Exo 39:5; Exo 39:21; Exo 39:24; Exo 39:29; Exo 39:31; Num 4:12; Num 15:40; 2Ch 2:7; 2Ch 2:14; 2Ch 3:14
b A symbol of royalty
Est 8:15; Eze 23:6
- Crimson, red, purple, and scarlet:
b Used in the symbolisms of the tabernacle furnishings and priestly vestments and functions, as types and shadows of the atonement
Exo 25:5; Exo 26:1; Exo 26:14; Exo 26:31; Exo 36:35; Exo 36:37; Exo 26:36; Exo 27:16; Exo 38:18; Exo 38:23; Exo 28:6; Exo 28:8; Exo 28:15; Exo 28:31; Exo 28:33; Exo 35:7; Exo 35:23; Exo 35:25; Exo 35:35; Exo 36:8; Exo 36:19; Exo 39; Lev 14:4; Lev 14:6; Lev 14:49; Lev 14:52; Num 4:8; Num 4:13; Num 19:2; Num 19:6; Isa 63:3; Heb 9:23
b Symbols of various ideas:
b of iniquity
Isa 1:18; Rev 17:4; Rev 18:12; Rev 18:16
b of royalty
Jdg 8:26; Dan 5:7; Dan 5:16; Dan 5:29; Mat 27:28
b of prosperity
2Sa 1:24; Pro 31:21; Lam 4:5
b of conquest
Nah 2:3; Rev 12:3
- White, a symbol of holiness:
b the high priest's holy garments were of white linen
Lev 16:4; Lev 16:32
b Choir singers arrayed in white
2Ch 5:12
b Scriptures employing the symbol
Psa 51:7; Ecc 9:8; Isa 1:18; Dan 7:9; Dan 11:35; Dan 12:10; Mat 17:2; Mar 9:3; Mat 28:3; Rev 1:14; Rev 2:17; Rev 3:5; Rev 3:18; Rev 4:4; Rev 6:2; Rev 6:11; Rev 7:9; Rev 7:14; Rev 15:6; Rev 19:8; Rev 19:11; Rev 19:14; Rev 20:11
