Color Meanings & Symbolism

MEANINGS: Covenant. 

BIBLICAL SYMBOLISM: God's promise to man.   

Genesis 9:8-17 

MEANINGS: Excitement, energy, passion, love, desire, power.

BIBLICAL SYMBOLISM: There is a diverse use of the color red throughout the Scriptures. Its primary associations are blood and war.  

II Kings 3:22; Nahum 2:3; Isaiah 63:2

MEANINGS: Creativity, enthusiasm, happines, hope, youthfulness, health, attraction

BIBLICAL SYMBOLISM: Used only to describe paint, both on a house and in a portrait. Its contextual use suggests lust and unrighteousness.

Jeremiah 22:14; Ezekiel 23:14

MEANINGS: Strength and purpose

BIBLICAL SYMBOLISM: Glory of God.

Ezekiel 1:4, Ezekiel 8:2

MEANINGS: Wealth, success and status, achievement and triumph. Associated with abundance and prosperity, luxury and quality. 

BIBLICAL SYMBOLISM: Divine, Power, Glory, Presence of God

Exodus 28

MEANINGS: Fun, joy, optimism, sunshine, energy, spontaneity

BIBLICAL SYMBOLISM: In scripture, yellow lends itself to symbolically representing gold or something of great value. Shekinah Glory.

Psalm 68:13

MEANINGS: Nature, youth, refreshing, hope, fertility

BIBLICAL SYMBOLISM: Primarily associated with plant life. As a result we can view it as a symbol of natural growth and life.  

Genesis 1:30; 9:3, II Kings 19:26, Job 39:8, Psalm 37:2

MEANINGS: Refreshing, feminine, calming, sophisticated, energy, wisdom, serenity.

BIBLICAL SYMBOLISM: River of God, healing, life-giving, flow of the Holy Spirit, New Jerusalem.  

Exodus 28:18

MEANINGS: Sympathy, harmony, eternity, intelligence, peace, tranquility

BIBLICAL SYMBOLISM: In general, blue should be viewed as a heavenly color.

Exodus 24:10, Ezekiel 1:26; 10:1 

MEANINGS: Royalty, nobility, spirituality, devotion, faith, enlightenment

BIBLICAL SYMBOLISM: Symbol of royalty and riches, viewed as a heavenly color.

Judges 8:26, Revelation 18:16, Luke 16:19

MEANINGS: Elegance, mystery, magic, conservative, power

BIBLICAL SYMBOLISM: Primarily associated with the negative aspects of human experience, including death, disease, famine, and sorrow, all of which are the results of sin.

Job 6:15-16, Jude 1:12-13,  Jeremiah 8:21

MEANINGS: Prestige and wealth. It is seen as a glamorous, sophisticated color related to female energy, prosperity and modernity.

BIBLICAL SYMBOLISM: Redemption, Wisdom.

Exodus 30:16

MEANINGS: Truth, honesty, purity, innocence, lightness

BIBLICAL SYMBOLISM: Purity and righteousness.

Exodus 16:31, Psalm 51:7, John 20:12