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 animal of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth on the earth, in which is a living soul, every green herb for food. And it was so.
I will pass through all thy flock to-day, to remove thence all the speckled and spotted sheep, and all the brown lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and that shall be my hire.
And the flock was ardent before the rods; and the flock brought forth ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
And it came to pass at the time of the ardour of the flocks, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the rams that leaped upon the flocks were ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
The eyes are red with wine, And the teeth are white with milk.
And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins over that.
And every woman that was wise-hearted spun with her hands, and brought what she had spun: the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the byssus.
and the sore is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin, it is the sore of leprosy, and shall be shewn unto the priest.
And when he looketh on the plague, and behold, the plague is in the walls of the house, greenish or reddish hollows, and their look is deeper than the surface of the wall,
Are they not finding and dividing the spoil? --A maiden or two for every man; spoil of dyed stuffs for Sis'era, spoil of dyed stuffs embroidered, two pieces of dyed work embroidered for my neck as spoil?'
After Abim'elech there arose to deliver Israel Tola the son of Pu'ah, son of Dodo, a man of Is'sachar; and he lived at Shamir in the hill country of E'phraim.
Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet with splendour, Who put ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun rose upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side red as blood.
White, green, and blue hangings were fastened with cords of byssus and purple to silver rings and pillars of white marble; couches of gold and silver lay upon a pavement of red and white marble, and alabaster, and black marble.
White, green, and blue hangings were fastened with cords of byssus and purple to silver rings and pillars of white marble; couches of gold and silver lay upon a pavement of red and white marble, and alabaster, and black marble.
And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a mantle of byssus and purple; and the city of Shushan shouted and was glad.
Though ye have lain among the sheepfolds, ye shall be as wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with green gold.
She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Let thy garments be always white, and let not thy head lack oil.
I am black, but comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.
Thy teeth are like a flock of shorn sheep, Which go up from the washing; Which have all borne twins, And none is barren among them.
His head is as the finest gold; His locks are flowing, black as the raven;
Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep Which go up from the washing; Which have all borne twins, And none is barren among them.
Come now, let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Wherefore is redness in thine apparel, And thy garments like him that treadeth in the winevat?
that saith, I will build me a wide house, and spacious upper chambers; and he cutteth out for himself windows; and it is wainscoted with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
And she increased her fornications; for she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,
Byssus with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, to serve thee for a banner; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning.
Syria dealt with thee for the multitude of thy handiworks: they traded in thy markets with carbuncles, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and corals, and rubies.
I saw by night, and behold, a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle-trees that were in the low valley; and behind him were red, bay, and white horses.
In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled, strong horses.
and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled, strong horses.
and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled, strong horses.
That in which are the black horses goeth forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth towards the south country;
That in which are the black horses goeth forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth towards the south country;
That in which are the black horses goeth forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth towards the south country; and the strong go forth, and seek to go that they may walk to and fro through the earth. And he said, Go, walk to and fro through the earth. And they walked to and fro through the earth.
But he answering said to them, When evening is come, ye say, Fine weather, for the sky is red;
And he ordered them to make them all sit down by companies on the green grass.
and his garments became shining, exceeding white as snow, such as fuller on earth could not whiten them.
And they clothe him with purple, and bind round on him a crown of thorns which they had plaited.
And the soldiers having plaited a crown of thorns put it on his head, and put a purple robe on him,
being manifested to be Christ's epistle ministered by us, written, not with ink, but the Spirit of the living God; not on stone tables, but on fleshy tables of the heart.
his head and hair white like white wool, as snow; and his eyes as a flame of fire;
And when it opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, Come and see. And I saw: and behold, a black horse, and he that sat upon it having a balance in his hand.