Reference: Colours
Hastings
The colours named in OT and NT, as in other ancient literatures, are few in number, and of these several are used with considerable latitude.
1. White as the colour of snow in Isa 1:18, of the teeth described as milk-white (Ge 49:12), and of horses (Zec 1:8; 6:3,6); also of wool (Re 1:14)
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And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to every creeper on the earth which has in it a living soul every green plant is for food; and it was so.
I will pass through all the flocks today, taking out all the speckled and spotted sheep, and all of the black sheep among the lambs, and the spotted and the speckled among the goats. And these shall be my hire.
And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth striped cattle, speckled, and spotted.
And at the time the cattle conceived, I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were striped, speckled, and mottled.
And you shall make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above of dugong skins.
And every wise-hearted woman spun with her hands. And they brought spun yarn, blue, and purple, scarlet, and bleached linen.
and if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp or in the woof, or in anything of skin, it is a plague of leprosy. And it shall be seen by the priest.
And he shall look on the plague. And behold, if the plague is in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall,
Do they not find and divide the spoil? A womb, two wombs to a man's head, to Sisera a prize of dyed garments, a prize of embroidered dyed garments for the necks of those that take the spoil.
And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar. And he lived in Shamir in Mount Ephraim.
Daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and with delights; who put ornaments of gold on your clothes.
And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side red like blood.
White, green, and blue hangings were fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble. The beds were of gold and silver, on a pavement of red and white, and pearl, and black marble.
White, green, and blue hangings were fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble. The beds were of gold and silver, on a pavement of red and white, and pearl, and black marble.
And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple. And the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
When you lie among the sheepfolds, the wings of a dove are covered with silver, and its pinions with the shimmer of gold.
She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Let your garments be always white; and let your head lack no ointment.
I am black, but comely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
Your teeth are like a flock of shorn sheep, which came up from the washing; they all are bearing twins and not one is barren among them.
Your teeth are like a flock of ewes which go up from the washing; they all are bearing twins, and a barren one is not among them.
Come now, and let us reason together, says Jehovah; though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be like wool.
Why is Your clothing red, and Your garments like one who treads in the winepress?
who says, I will build myself a wide house and large rooms, and cuts out windows for himself, and puts in a cedar ceiling, and paints it with vermilion.
And she added to her fornications. And she saw men carved on the wall; images of the Chaldeans engraved with vermilion,
Your sail was of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt, an ensign for you; violet and purple from the coasts of Elishah was your covering.
Syria was your merchant because of the multitude of your works; with emeralds, purple, and embroidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies they gave for your wares.
I watched by night. And behold! a Man riding on a red horse, and He stood among the myrtle trees in the ravine. And behind Him were red, sorrel and white horses.
Red horses were in the first chariot; and in the second chariot black horses; and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot horses with dappled, strong colors.
and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot horses with dappled, strong colors.
and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot horses with dappled, strong colors.
The black horses in it go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the dappled go forth to a south country.
The black horses in it go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the dappled go forth to a south country.
The black horses in it go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the dappled go forth to a south country. And the strong colored ones went forth and sought to go, so to walk to and fro through the earth. And he said, Go! Walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.
He answered and said to them, When it is evening, you say, Fair weather; for the sky is red.
And His clothing became shining, exceedingly white as snow such as no fuller on earth could whiten them.
And they clothed Him with purple and plaited a crown of thorns and put it around His head.
And the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns and put it on His head. And they put a purple robe on Him,
it having been made plain that you are the epistle of Christ, ministered by us, not having been written with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not on tablets of stone, but in fleshly tablets of the heart.
His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow. And His eyes were like a flame of fire.
And when He had opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, Come and see. And I looked, and lo, a black horse. And he sitting on it had a balance in his hand.