COLOURS AND THEIR MEANINGS
Ask any football fan - colours have a language!
Up here in the North East of England, we are dominated by the Mackems’ red and white (Sunderland) and the Magpies’ black and white (Newcastle)!
Up here in the North East of England, we are dominated by the Mackems’ red and white (Sunderland) and the Magpies’ black and white (Newcastle)!
Where ever you are in the world, there are colours that give you an identity, too and the familiar red, white and blue identifies more countries than just the UK.
In the world of Christian warfare, colours have very specific meanings all of which are strictly Biblical in origin. Gold, blue, purple and scarlet on white linen, for instance, can be found in Exodus 39:2 where God commands that the high priest’s ephod be thus decorated
In the world of Christian warfare, colours have very specific meanings all of which are strictly Biblical in origin. Gold, blue, purple and scarlet on white linen, for instance, can be found in Exodus 39:2 where God commands that the high priest’s ephod be thus decorated
WHITE
purity, holiness, righteousness, Bride of Christ
RED
blood of the Lamb, atonement
YELLOW
joy
ORANGE
fire (esp: of the Holy Spirit)
GOLD
glory of God, divinity
SILVER
redemption
BLUE ROYAL
symbol of heaven and authority, prophecy, spiritual or heavenly realm, water
LIGHT BLUE
Holy Spirit, the heavenlies
IRIDESCENT
overcoming power
PEARL
symbol of God’s truth, purity
PURPLE, DEEP
royalty, Kingship, majesty, wealth
PURPLE, PALE
penitence and sorrow, (Christ’s robe at the crucifixion
GREEN, EMERALD
presence of the throne room of God
GREEN, LINCOLN
Healing, new life, growth, prosperity
GREEN, PALE
the pale horse
GREEN, YELLOWISH
death and disease
SILVER &
CRIMSON
CRIMSON
purity, holiness, bride of Christ, righteous act acquired through the blood of Christ, angels, saints, colour of the creator
GOLD,
BLUE,
PURPLE &
SCARLET
BLUE,
PURPLE &
SCARLET
on white linen represents the Tabernacle
CRIMSON,
SCARLET OR
DEEP RED
SCARLET OR
DEEP RED
blood atonement, sacrifice of Christ’s blood from death and sin
YELLOW,
BRONZE,
PEACH &
RED
BRONZE,
PEACH &
RED
together Pentecost power, fire of the Holy Spirit
BRASS OR COPPER
judgment, heaven as brass, Christ as judge of all
BROWN
dark earth colours, wood, humanity
BLACK
death, mourning, sin. famine
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