Colors
Summary
Various hues mentioned in Scripture with symbolic significance, including black for affliction, white for purity, scarlet for royalty and sin, and purple for wealth.
☩Black
Black symbolizes affliction, calamity, and mourning throughout Scripture. Job described his afflictions in terms of darkness, and prophets used blackness to depict judgment and distress.
☩White
White represents purity, righteousness, and glory. The redeemed are clothed in white, the Ancient of Days has white garments and hair, and Christ appeared in dazzling white at His transfiguration.
☩Scarlet and Purple
Scarlet and purple were colors of royalty and wealth, used in the tabernacle curtains and priestly garments. Scarlet also symbolizes sin that God can make white as snow. The woman in Revelation is arrayed in purple and scarlet.