new spectrum color symbolism megapaste 2019

new symbolism for the "spectrum" regarding color IN THE BIBLE

 

 

★COLORS OBTAINED FROM SEA CREATURES & INSECTS

★"We find only three terms to encompass the colors of the spectrum: adom for red, yaroq for yellow and green, and techeiles for blue and violet..."

 

The FOUR SACRED COLORS in the OT are white, violet, blue, and crimson. They were used in the tabernacle and with the priesthood.

 

In the Jewish tradition red symbolizes sin and blue represents the glorification of God, and when the two combine to form purple the meaning is transformed into one of redemption and purification.

 

TEKELETH= tekeleth: violet, violet thread

The Hebrew word used for blue in these passages is “tekeleth” (tek-ay’-leth). It signifies a spectrum of blue from sky blue to a deep dark blue, but can also indicate violet. Some say because blue is the color of the sea and sky, it represent the divine because God created it with such vastness. Still others explain that tekeleth, which can be seen as a blue-violet, is placed at the end of the color spectrum. Therefore when looking into the night sky, it can create a bridge between the physical sphere and the terrestrial world.

The spectrum visible to our eye ends with the violet ray, techeiles, but additional magnitudes of light radiate unseen beyond the visible spectrum. Likewise, the blue expanse of the sky forms the end of the earth that is visible to us. And so techeiles is simply the bridge that leads thinking man from the visible, physical sphere of the terrestrial world, into the unseen sphere of heaven beyond... Techeiles is the basic color of the sanctuary and of the High Priest's vestments; the color blue-violet representing heaven and the things of heaven that were revealed to Israel... no other color was as appropriate as techeiles to signify G-d's special relationship with Israel… it was precisely this thread of techeiles color that formed the krichos [windings], the gidil [cord], the thread wound around the other threads to make a cord. In other words, the vocation of the Jew, the Jewish awareness awakened by the Sanctuary, that power which is to prevail within us, must act to unite all our kindred forces within the bond of the Sanctuary of G-d's law.

In conclusion, its color varies between central sky blue in sunlight, and the iris indigo of the rainbow; translated in a German translation of the biblical book of Exodus, as "blauem purpur".

Blue in Judaism is used to symbolise divinity, because blue is the color of the sky and sea. It can also represent equilibrium, since its hue suggests a shade midway between white and black, day and evening.

The Israelites used an indigo-colored dye called tekhelet; this dye was likely made from snail murex trunculus. This dye was very important in both Jewish and non-Jewish cultures of this time, and was used by royalty and the upper-class in dyeing their clothing, sheets, curtains, etc. This dye is known as Tyrian purple.

In the Torah the Israelites are commanded to dye one of the threads of their tallit (prayer shawl) with tekhelet; when they look at this dye they will think of the blue sky, and of the God above them in Heaven. Tekhelet corresponds to the color of the divine revelation (Midrash Numbers Rabbah xv.) Blue in Judaism has thus had an important significance throughout the history of Jewish culture up to the present. Blue was also associated with the ten commandments. When Moses and the elders went up to mount Sinai, they saw God standing on a Sapphire pavement (Blue) and the tables of the law were made of the stone (i.e. Sapphire) and thus the blue on their garments was to be a permanent reminder of the law of God.

However, important evidence persuasively suggest that Biblical tekhelet was in fact sky-blue. Assyriologist Wayne Horowitz explains that the Sumerian word uqnu, the word for the gem lapis lazuli, was used for the color blue and its shades. The term was applied to the sky and to blue wool (uqnatu). When the foreign word takiltu, Hebrew tekhelet, was adopted into Akkadian, the same cuneiform signs as uqnatu were used. To the ancient Mesopotamians, therefore, the color of lapis lazuli and the sky were equivalent to the color of tekhelet.

So what was the color of Biblical tekhelet? The Jerusalem-based Ptil Tekhelet Foundation believes it was sky-blue derived from the murex dye. For over 25 years, this foundation has produced hundreds of thousands of blue tzitzit strings colored with murex dye. The blue tzitzit on Jewish prayer shawls remind worshipers of the sea, the sky and God’s holy throne.

 

 

RED= sacrifice, blood. 'red clay' = humanity. "oudem"; Blood of Jesus, love of God, blood of lamb, atonement, salvation. VIRGINITY? (magdalene), martyrdom, war, vengeance, temptation, wine

Red is the least refracted ray; it is the closest to the unbroken ray of light that is directly absorbed by matter. Red is light in its first fusion with the terrestrial element: adom, related to adamah [footstool, earth as man's footstool]. Is this not again man, the image of G-d as reflected in physical, earthly matter: "vatichsareihu me'at mi'Elokim" (Tehillim. 8,6)?

Scarlet (Tola'at) and Crimson (Shani) have been used to symbolize blood, and has come to symbolize because of this life itself. More commonly, red is used to represent sin as well as joy and happiness. In contrast to the red of sin, purple is used as the colour of the purification from sin.

Red has come to represent skin colour, wine, sores or plague, bloodied water, clothing, shields of might men, and temptation. It also symbolizes the Pentecost, as it is the colour of fire. The Pentecost is a great feast held fifteen days after Easter, which both historically and symbolically relates to the Jewish harvest festival of Shavuot, commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus as described in the Book of Acts. More specific than red, Crimson symbolizes life, as it is the colour of blood, but it also symbolizes war, sin, sacrifice, and the remission of sin. It also appears when referring to fine materials, as the dye itself was extracted from the dried bodies of certain insects. It is also the colour used to describe the covenant, which is an agreement between God and his followers. Scarlet represents purification and cleansing, but is also used in fine materials and riches. It is also used to describe Satan.

Describes natural objects such as Jacob's stew (Genesis 25:30); the sacrificial heifer (Numbers 19:2); wine (Proverbs 23:31); newborn Esau (Genesis 25:25); Judah's eyes (Genesis 49:12); the eyes of the drunkard (Proverbs 23:29); and the dragon (Revelation 12:3).
The color of blood, it often symbolizes life; it also suggests bloodshed in the carnage of war.

 

 

YELLOW= fire? joy, presence of God/ anointing; TRIALS & purging; purification "by fire"; Faith and Glory of God, anointing, Joy

Yellow is used to describe a leperous hair in Leviticus and in some translations the color of gold in Psalm 68. Its occurence in Scripture is too low to derive a symbolic meaning.

Indicates the greenish cast of gold (Psalm 68:13) and the light-colored hair in a leprous spot (Leviticus 13:30,32)

 

BLUE=

"The blue wool resembles the ocean, the ocean resembles the color of the sky, the sky resembles the purity of the sapphire, and the sapphire resembles the throne of G-d." (Chullin 89).

sky/heavens, priests & tabernacle, holy spirit, truth, healing power of God, presence of God, holy garment hems, Word of God, authority, waster, chastening, holy service

Used to describe the color of a wound, but may refer to the wound itself (Proverbs 20:30). It also describes the sky, Heaven, and the Holy Spirit.

 

VIOLET= tabernacle & priesthood, royalty, wealth, kingship, mediator

Purple is obtained by mixing red (flesh) and blue (word of God). The resultant color meaning in the Bible is Royalty or priesthood.

The red, he explained, evokes the Lord's passion while the more bluish color calls to mind Mary's essential role in salvation history.

Another way to remember Advent’s purple is “the blue hour.” Each day has two times when purple drapes the sky: at twilight, just before sunrise and after sunset. Twilight is known as “the blue hour” by artists and photographers because of the softness of light and prominence of blue tones.

Advent is a twilight time, when a hush falls as we await for the coming of the sun — and the Son of God — both in history, in our own lives and at the end of time.

the deep blue of Advent highlights the expectant nature of the season, and of our faith.

Deep blue is the color of the clear, predawn sky, the color that covers the earth in the hours before the sun rises in the east.  Most of us are not looking at the sky at that hour – perhaps we’re still asleep, or too weary to notice it as we get onto the Metro or hop into our car for a long commute.  Nonetheless, a deep, dark blue is the color that covers us in the dark, cold hours before the sun dawns.

Thus we use deep blue for Advent to shade the season with a hint of expectation and anticipation of the dawn of Christ.  Surely penitence and spiritual discipline is part of the traditional Advent observance, and this is why so many of you are using Advent wreaths and our congregation’s Advent devotional to mark the days of Advent.  Advent is a time to recommit to our faith and to our God – no matter the color!  But Advent involves more than penitence, and by using deep blue we err on the side of emphasizing the church’s hope-filled and faithful watch for Christ.  The deep blue of Advent is meant to inspire in us the hope of faith, and to encourage us to keep watch for the promised light of Christ to break over the horizon, changing night into day, darkness into light, and filling our lives and our world with a holy and righteous splendor.

 

PURPLE=

GREEK PORPHURA https://biblehub.com/greek/4209.htm

HEBREW ARGAMAN https://biblehub.com/hebrew/713.htm

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The word “purple” itself comes from this Mediterranean dye. The Latin purpura refers both to purple dye and the shellfish used to make that dye. It is a reddish-purple in hue and this is the color that became the purple of Lent.

The U.S. Catholic bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy 1988 newsletter recommended “taking advantage of the varying shades which exist for violet” for representing the two seasons — showing how Advent and Lent are linked, yet differently, in recalling the events of salvation history: the birth of Christ, and his Passion, death and Resurrection.

Purples with red tones are correctly termed “Roman purple.” The red tones remind us of the blood that was shed by Christ and red tones make this the purple for Lent.

To remember why red is in the purple of Lent, think about the color of Palm Sunday and Good Friday. Red vestments symbolize blood. It is interesting here to note that the purple color worn by bishops and archbishops is called “amaranth red.” It is a blend of red, purple and scarlet. It serves to remind bishops that they are shepherds, charged by Christ to protect their flocks “even to the shedding of their own blood.”

Purple is the color of penance, preparation, and sacrifice. The color purple has a cool, calming effect which lends itself to the quiet, reflective moods of Advent and Lent.

To perform the rite, the exorcist dresses in his surplice and purple stole… Purple has a calming effect, a mood that is suited for penance. Liturgically speaking, penance brings about healing. Purple is then appropriate for exorcism, since it is an act of both penance and healing. This healing is brought through the ministry of a priest.

Prov 31:22 associates purple with "godly (ideal) femininity," i.e. "righteous femaleness."

-Worn during the Advent and Lent seasons, purple reflects sorrow and suffering. Sorrow as the faithful await the arrival of the Savior and suffering to mark Jesus Christ's 40 days in the desert (Lent).

^IS THIS BECAUSE JESUS WAS CLOTHED IN PURPLE DURING HIS PASSION???? Is it the sacred irony of Him being clothed in "kingly vestments" as a mockery, BUT truly He is the King of All, THROUGH His suffering???

Purple as sorrow= "My Kingdom is not of this world" and yet He wore purple as a king, while being mocked for not being a worldly king!!

Purple as suffering= see above. Christ's kingship and royalty being shown IN His suffering, and being mocked by the world because of it, causing more suffering.

-In our own country, the Purple Heart carries significance beyond the present, for it is awarded to those men and women in the Military who have been wounded or killed in battle. Their courage was ‘grace under fire.’

- Tyrian purple… gave off a deep, rich luster whose sheen was resistant to weather events. Because it was rare, valuable, and costly, the color became the symbol of royalty.

- Herod has Jesus stripped and dressed up in a purple cloak with thorns twisted into a crown and placed on his head. The imperial robe was Herod’s jibe at Jesus’ royal claim (Mt 27:29; Mk 15:17; Jn 19:1-2). Jesus, the Lord of All, was ridiculed as another one of those kings of the Jews. In Jesus’ case, the purple was a metaphor for royalty: Here the King of kings would be made to suffer. The royal purple and redemptive love went hand in hand.

- Lent summons the disciples of Jesus to don the color purple and walk with him along the royal road to the Cross. Why call it the royal road when on the natural plane, suffering bears little resemblance to royalty. It must be avoided, or masochism is near. Of itself, the cross wears us down, does violence to the person, as it did for Jesus.  But when love accompanies suffering, the burden is lighter. The dark road is transformed into a light whose path leads to resurrection. The suffering Christ is always near to our brothers and sisters who suffer simply because of their faith. On Good Friday, the most solemn day of the liturgical year, a hushed Christian world ponders Christ’s death expressed in many texts, one of which proclaims: “Behold the wood of the cross on which hung the salvation of the world. Come, let us adore.” As the verse is chanted three times, this cross, shrouded in purple, is then uncovered for all to see and venerate. Human logic recoils at this proclamation. Yet, despite setbacks and in the face of despair, it gives us hope, a Christian hope that is possible only in the light of redemptive love. For Jesus suffers with us… The royal purple that Christ wore led to the cross, and the cross, to redemptive healing and resurrection glory. To be a faithful Catholic is to don the purple robe, wear ‘the purple heart,’ and trek along the royal road to Calvary and to resurrection glory.

Purple is often associated with the corruption of wealth, and this is because to acquire purple dye meant spending a great deal of money. Often, it was only royalty that could afford to wear it.

"Argaman" was the symbol of power, and of glory,^[16] so that Alexander Balas robed Jonathan in purple,^[17] which was especially used to designate royal dignity.^[18]

Purification from sin was also symbolized by purple.

Tyrian purple may first have been used by the ancient Phoenicians as early as 1570 BC.^[2] It has been suggested that the name Phoenicia itself means 'land of purple'.^[3][4] The dye was greatly prized in antiquity because the colour did not easily fade, but instead became brighter with weathering and sunlight. It came in various shades, the most prized being that of "blackish clotted blood".^[5]

Some^[who?] speculate that the dye extracted from the Bolinus brandaris is known as argaman (ארגמן) in Biblical Hebrew. Another dye extracted from a related sea snail, Hexaplex trunculus, produced a blue colour after light exposure which could be the one known as tekhelet (תְּכֵלֶת), used in garments worn for ritual purposes.^[9]

Along with blue, scarlet, and crimson, purple is used to describe hangings and fine materials. The dye was extracted from a particularly scarce family of shellfish which made it quite valuable. Purple became a symbol of royalty and riches due to the scarcity of its dye.

Purple reminds us of Jesus because He is the King of kings and He lives and rules in the hearts of those who are His.

It’s interesting that the color purple is made by combining two colors–red, which points to Jesus’ blood, His life as a man, and His work on earth (scarlet = earthy), and the color blue, which points to His heavenly dwelling place (blue = Heaven). Having received forgiveness through His blood, we will one day leave this earth, shed our flesh, and enter into Heaven and be with our King in all His splendor.

There are other instances of purple being mentioned in the Bible and each time it denotes wealth, honour and royal majesty.

when Constantinople fell in 1453 the Byzantine’s lost their monopoly on purple dye and silks. As a consequence of this, “the Roman church had to change the color of the vestments of its high officials (cardinals) and other sacerdotal textiles from purple to scarlet.”[25] Today, the color purple is still worn by Roman Catholic priests during the seasons of Advent and Lent. However, the connotations of the pigment have changed. During these liturgical seasons, purple is a somber color rather than one that displays power.

 

 

WHITE= purity, holiness, redemption, victory over evil; Bride of Christ, surrender, harvest, light, righteousness, refinement, unblemished, heavenly, victory, conquest, victory, blessedness, Joy, Angels, saints, peace, completion, triumph, MANNA, teeth, linen, milk, snow, clouds, leprosy/plague,

White (Shesh) was used to symbolize intellectual purity and innocence as it is the true colour of light without any alteration. White can also symbolize life and death. Salt was declared to be necessary in every meal-offering, in which it takes the place of the blood in the animal sacrifices. In the Talmud salt symbolizes the Torah, for as the world can not exist without salt, so it can not endure without the Torah. "Shesh" (white) was the symbol of physical and intellectual purity, being the true color of light, without any modification.^[21] White also symbolizes death. In some cases, it can also symbolize life.

White is a color of purity and righteousness. It is also used to describe things in nature. Sometimes it is used when describing the body, primarily when healthy and beautiful but also when sick.

The color white represents righteousness because of its purity of color and light.  White is the presence of all the light in the visible spectrum. Clouds and snow appear as white because almost all of the sun’s light is reflected by the water in the clouds and snow.  Only a very small amount of the visible spectrum is absorbed.  Fully light and without stain, the color white reminds us of the righteousness of Christ.  He is pure light and pure righteousness and when a sinner comes to Him in faith He washes them clean.

 

BLACK= evil, gloom, judgment, death; darkness, sin, Earth, affliction, humiliation, calamity, death, mourning, famine, deceit, lies

The color black lacks brightness and hue.  It does not reflect any light.  Instead, black only absorbs light.  The Bible tells us that God is light (Psalm 104, 1 John 1:5). It’s interesting that prior to Satan’s fall from Heaven, he was an angel of light (an angel of God), and, when he sinned, he fell like lightning from Heaven (Luke 10:18).  Now Satan exists in darkness, no longer in God’s light.

Similarly, Adam was created in light and perfection, in the image of God, with God’s Holy Spirit to lead and guide him.  But when Adam sinned, his light left him and the curse of death was pronounced upon him.  Since Adam, all have been born in the “blackness” of sin.

 

 

GRAY= Grey is typically associated with old age and the beauty of it, but it can also mean weakness, purification, repentance, destruction, sorrow, and mourning. It may also refer to ash.

 

GREEN= vegetation & life, restoration, new beginnings, praise, growth, prosperity, flourishing, anticipation, miracles, sharing the life of Christ. nature, rest, life, freshness, fruitfulness, maturity, frailty, disease

Green is obtained by mixing Yellow (trials) with Blue (Word of God). Therefore, the biblical meaning of color Green is immortality. (The leaf shall not wither –(psa 1:3). Green is also symbolic of resurrection which we see each Spring.

The color green represents a growing and blooming where one is planted.  It is representative of a Christian life that produces good fruit and finds rest in Christ.  A green plant or tree is a healthy one, growing and producing leaves and flowers. 

 

BRONZE= strength, durability, holy objects?

Brass symbolized hardness, strength, and firmness and was used as a substitute for gold

 

GOLD= God's holiness, divine nature, and majesty; Glory, Divinity, Kingship, Eternal Deity, foundation, altar, beauty, precious, Holiness, Majesty, righteousness.

Gold was the symbol of the divine or celestial light and the Glory of God, much like blue

As gold is the highest, most precious metal, so the divine nature is the highest nature, the only nature having immortality

Gold represents God’s love because His love is more precious and more valuable than all the gold in the world.  Love is the gold of God. Forsaking the gold of this world, our desire should always be for the golden riches of  God’s love.

 

SILVER= divinity, purity, salvation, truth, Word of God, atonement, redemption

Silver was the emblem of moral innocence and of holiness.

 

AMBER= fire, Glory of God, judgment upon sin, endurance

The color amber is only found in the KJV book of Ezekiel. Its use demonstrates God's overbearingly bright and immediate presence.

 

ORANGE= fire, power & presence of God, Fire of God, Deliverance, passionate praise

Orange, although more specifically Amber or Gold, is used to describe the overwhelming radiance and presence of God, but is also used to describe Jesus as the glory of God. Amber halos are seen around the heads of saints and Jesus Christ, and suggest a oneness with God and enlightenment. Vermillion is also used, which leans more toward a red-orange. It is seen in the paint of houses, but it has come to represent lust, corruption, and unrighteousness.

 

PINK= right relationship with God, joy

 

SCARLET= sin, royalty, fine linen for tabernacle,

kokkinos: scarlet

shani: scarlet

In the Roman Catholic Church, scarlet is the color worn by a cardinal, and is associated with the blood of Christ and the Christian martyrs, and with sacrifice.

Scarlet is used to describe fine materials and thread. It was also used in Mosaic purification rituals. Scarlet, like crimson, is used to describe sin.

The color is also mentioned several times in the Bible, both in the Old and New Testament; in the Latin Vulgate version of the book of Isaiah (1:18) it says, "If your sins be as scarlet (si fuerint peccata vestra ut coccinum) they shall be made white as snow", and in the book of Revelation (17:1-6) it describes the "Great Harlot" (meretricius magnus) dressed in scarlet and purple (circumdata purpura et coccino), and riding upon a scarlet beast (besteam coccineam).

The Latin term for scarlet used in the Bible comes from coccus, a "tiny grain". The finest scarlets in ancient times were made from the tiny scale insect called kermes, which fed on certain oak trees in Turkey, Persia, Armenia and other parts of the Middle East. The insects contained a very strong natural dye, also called kermes, which produced the scarlet color. The insects were so small they were thought to be a kind of grain. This was the origin of the expression "dyed in the grain." ^[9]

The early Christian church adopted many of the symbols of the Roman Empire, including the importance of the color scarlet. The flag of the Crusaders was a scarlet cross on a white background, with scarlet indicating blood and sacrifice. By a church edict in 1295, Cardinals of the church, second in authority to the Pope, wore red robes, but a red closer in color to the purple of the Byzantine Emperors, a color coming from murex, a type of mollusk. After the fall of Constantinople to the Turks in 1453, however, the imperial purple was no longer available, and Cardinals began instead to wear scarlet made from Kermes.^[10]

In the Middle Ages, scarlet also symbolized sin. The Whore of Babylon, depicted in a 14th-century French illuminated manuscript riding a scarlet beast. The woman appears attractive, but is wearing scarlet under her blue garment.

In the Roman Catholic Church, scarlet robes — symbolizing the color of the blood of Christ and the Christian martyrs — are worn by cardinals as a symbol of their willingness to defend their faith with their own blood. In the Lutheran tradition, scarlet is the color for paraments for Palm or Passion Sunday, and for all of Holy Week through Maundy Thursday.

In countries that have traditionally been dominated by Christian ideas, scarlet is associated with prostitution. The Book of Revelation refers to the Whore of Babylon riding upon a "scarlet beast" and dressed in purple and scarlet.^[17] The phrase Great Scarlet Whore has been used by Puritans in the 17th century, and the phrase The Scarlet Woman was used by many Protestants and later Mormons in North America well into the 20th century.^[18][19][20] Scarlet and crimson are also linked to the Judeo-Christian concept of sin in the book of Isaiah, rendered in the King James Version "though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."^[21]

Sins are here likened to scarlet and crimson dye, and with good reason, indeed. For, first of all, scarlet and crimson are the most glaring and flaunting of colours; and sin is the most audacious as well as self-delusive appearance, under which man affronts the majesty of God in the sight of heaven and earth. Scarlet and crimson, also, are the blush of shame. And what so shameful as sin, or rather what can be shameful but sin! Scarlet and crimson are also the colour of blood; and blood is on the head of every sinner, as St: Paul, told the unbelieving Jews when they refused to be converted from their sins: Your blood be upon your own heads" And scarlet and crimson were (whatever they may be now) colours which it was beyond all men's power and skill to discharge from the cloth which had been ones dyed with them. And is it not equally beyond all man's power to cleanse his own soul from the dye of sin?

Scarlet cord was tied around the wrist of Zerah (Genesis 38:28-30); used a great deal in the tabernacle (Exodus 25:4); the color of cord hung from Rahab's window (Joshua 2:18); a mark of prosperity (II Samuel 1:24; Proverbs 31:21); the color of the robe placed on Jesus (Matthew 27:28); though scarlet and purple were not always distinguished (Mark 15:17); color of the beast ridden by the harlot Babylon (Revelation 17:3) along with some of her garments (Revelation 17:4) and those of her followers (Revelation 18:16).
Often refers to blood atonement and sacrifice.

A darker shade of red is scarlet. It’s a color used, along with blue and purple in the Tabernacle, and it represents earthiness.  The Hebrew word for scarlet has the same root meaning of the Hebrew word for earth. Adam was created of the dust of the earth– he was earthy, and, In the story of the birth of Esau, it is told that Esau was born “red all over” and so “they called his name Esau” (Gen 25:25), which means red or earthy. Remember that Esau became a profane man– a man related not to spiritual things, but to earthly things. Also from the root word of scarlet comes the word for worm. The psalmist referred to himself as a worm (Psa 22:6), Isaiah referred to Jacob in his natural state as a worm (Isa 41:14), and Jesus referred to unregenerate man as a worm (Mark 9:44, 46, 48) — and that is exactly what man is in his natural state, without God.  Man’s life is in the blood. He is earthy.  But, redeemed by the pure and precious blood of Jesus, our life is in the Spirit.

 

 

CRIMSON= blood, life, sacrifice, remission of sin, covenant, war

Crimson linen was used in the temple (II Chronicles 2:7, 14, 3:14); the color must have been indelible or permanet (Jeremiah 4:30), as crimson is used figuratively as sin. (Isaiah 1:18).

Often refers to blood atonement and sacrifice.

Crimson is a strong, red color, inclining to purple. It originally meant the color of the kermes dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio, but the name is now sometimes also used as a generic term for slightly bluish-red colors that are between red and rose.

In texts of the Bahá'í Faith, crimson stands for tests and sacrifice, among other things

In the King James Version Bible, the word 'crimson' occurs five times, all of which are in the Old Testament. The three Hebrew words from which it is derived are karmity (Strong's Concordance #H3758), which means a deep red, tola (#H8438), which refers to the maggot from which the dye is derived, and shaniy (#H8144), which refers to the color's name.

Some Bible commentaries believe that scarlet and crimson refer to the same color in Scripture. In Joshua 2:18, the Hebrew word translated as 'scarlet' (#H8144) is the same one translated as 'crimson' in Jeremiah 4:30. The word used in Joshua denotes the pigment of the cloth Rehab was to hang outside her window as a sign to the Israelites not to attack her house. This color's use in Scripture lends itself to the symbolically meaning worship of God (2Chronicles 2:7,14, 3:14, Jeremiah 4:30) or a person's sins (Isaiah 1:18).

Anciently, the liquid used to create the dye of this color came from the dried bodies of the cochineal insect (possibly only from the female grub). Both crimson and scarlet were the firmest of dyes and not easily removed from cloth.

 

 

SAPPHIRE= law, commandments, grace, divine revelation, holy spirit

 

TURQUOISE= river of God, God's healing, sanctification, New Jerusalem

 

WINE= New birth, multiply, overflow

 

BROWN= end of season, rags/filthy, people, pride, weary, faint.

A dark, blackish color referred only to sheep

 

VERMILION= Vermilion is used only to describe paint, both on a house and in a portrait. Its contextual use suggests lust and unrighteousness. The color was most likely derived from iron oxide (rust) which would support the suggested meaning.

 

Amber	Presence of God, Fiery Passion, Wisdom, Temple of God , God's Anointing		Green	Prosperity, New Life and Growth, Fresh, Healing, Hope, Peace, Victory, Rest
Black	Death, Mourning, Sin, Judgment, Evil, Humility, Fear of God		Lilac/Orchid	Care, The Father's concern over the Lilies-of-the-field
Blue, Light	Heaven, Holy Spirit, Divinity, Serenity, Revelation		Orange	Warning, Change, Prophetic Ministry, Ambition, Harvest, Strength, Endurance
Blue, Royal	Revelation, Authority, Kingship, Priesthood, Faithfulness		Pink/ Rose	New Life, Kingliness, Father's Heavenly Care, Feminine, Rose of Sharon
Brass/Copper	Alter, Atonement, Forgiveness		Purple	Kingship, Majesty, Royalty, Mediator, Creativity, Wealth. Reigning with Christ
Brown	Earth, Devotion, Earthen Vessels, Humanity, Humility		Red	Blood of Jesus, Life, Salvation, Courage, Redemption, Fire, Courage, Fervent Love, Sacrifice, War
Bronze	Judgment of Sins, Testing by Fire		Silver	Redemption, Refined, Words of Lord, Words of Righteousness
Fuchsia	Joy, Compassion, Right Relationship		Turquoise/ Jasper	River of God , Tranquility, Serenity, Patience, Relaxation, Communication
Gold	Glory, Godhead, Refining Process, Kingship, Words of Wisdom, Truth, and Knowledge, Faith, Anointing Oil, Kingship		White	Light, Purity, Bride of Christ, Surrender, Joy, Angels,
Gray	Old Age, Dignity, Glory, Honor, Humility, Repentance		Yellow	Sunshine, Happiness, Friendship, Caution, Resurrection, Fresh, New Life, Healing, Hope, Peace, Rest
Color Combinations
Black and White		Write it Down, Clear Cut, Sharply Defined
Red, White, and Blue		Liberty and Freedom
Red, Purple, and Blue		Used in Tabernacle
Red, Yellow, and Blue		Primary colors represent the Trinity
Red, Blue, and Green		Primary colors of light also represent Trinity
Silver and Gold		Wealth, luxury, and beauty
Red and White		God's purifying work. The blood (red) and holiness (white).
Red, Gold, and Green		Faith (gold), hope (green), and love (red).