UNDERSTANDING COLORS IN DREAMS
WHITE
Purity / Refinement / Unblemished / Righteousness / Heavenly – (Isaiah 1:18, Psalm 51:7, Ecclesiastes 9:8, Daniel 7:9; 11:35; 12:10, Matthew 17:2, Mark 9:3, Luke 9:29, John 20:12, Acts 1:10, Revelation 3:4-5;18; 4:4; 6:11; 7:9;13-14). Victory - Revelation 6:2; 19:11;14 Maturity, Harvest - John 4:35. Negative side- Falsehood, counterfeit, false teachings, hidden lies or deceptions. BLACK/DARKNESS Black may vary in dreams as it presents a negative and positive interpretation. The Negative is: Sin, Ignorance, Mysterious and Famine – (Lamentations 4:8; 5:10, Revelation 6:5-6). Famine – (Revelation 6:5), Eternal judgement - (Psa_107:10), (Jude 13) Trouble and affliction (Job_5:14; Pro_20:20; Isa_9:2; Gloomy Situation – Isaiah 58:10 Sadness /sorrow - Isa_5:30 Sitting in darkness – Sorrow Mic_7:8 Works of Sins - Rom_13:12, sin - Job 6:15-16 Spiritual Bondage - Isa_42:7 Punishment/Wrath/Destructions (Zep_1:15); Amo_5:20, Exo_10:22 Death (1Sa_2:9; Job_10:21); Moral depravity. Spiritual Blindness /Ignorance - Job_19:8; 1Jn_2:11, Deu_28:29, Isa_9:2. Secret or Hidden sins (Psa_82:5; Pro_2:13; Joh_3:19; Rom_13:12), The Positive is: Mysteriousness of God (1Ki_8:12; Psa_97:2); 2Ch_6:1 - Dan_2:22 - (and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was). Describes as being the presence and secret place of the Father). PALE COLOUR/GREENISH GREY Death Rev 6:8, “And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death” GREY - is old age - Genesis 42:38, Deuteronomy 32:25, I Samuel 12:2, Job 15:10, Psalm 71:18 Beauty of old age - Proverbs 20:29 Weakness - Hosea 7:9 Ashes SPECKLED/SPOTTED Contamination – Jacob, exodus spots on the skin, blemished) garment is not pure. A spot represents an impurity (Ephesians 5:27; 1 Timothy 6:14; 1 Peter 1:19; 2 Peter 3:14). GREEN - is primarily associated with prosperity, growth rest - Psalm 23:2 and health, restoration. (Ps. 23: 2; Hosea 14:8; Ezekiel 17:24; Job 15:31-32) BROWN – In the bible it describes being dead spiritually or having dead works; without spirit (as dead as grass is brown). (1 Peter 1: 24; Ps. 37: 2) RED – represent blood and war. War - II Kings 3:22; Nahum 2:3 vengeance - Isaiah 63:2. Sores or plague - Leviticus 13:19;49 etc. (numerous references in Leviticus) Red sky - Matthew 16:2-3 Rev 6:4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power and war. Bloodshed. Temptation of sin - Genesis 25:30, Proverbs 23:31 AMBER The color amber is only found in the KJV book of Ezekiel. Its use demonstrates God's overbearingly bright and immediate presence. Direct Meaning: God's glory and the brightness of His presence. - Ezekiel 1:4; 1:27-28; 8:2 (KJV) Color Symbolism: Christ as the glory of God - Ezekiel 1:28, II Corinthians 4:6, Revelation 21:23 Associated Symbols: fire - God's presence (Hebrews 12:29, Exodus 3:2), God's judgment (Genesis 19:24, II Kings 1:10-14, Isaiah 66:15, II Thessalonians 1:7-8) CRIMSON It is used to describe remission of sins. The dye was extracted from the dried body of the insect coccus (or kermes) as transliterated in Arabic. (Also see scarlet) Associated Symbols: blood - life (Genesis 9:4-5, Deuteronomy 12:23), sacrifice (Exodus 12:13; 23:18), remission of sin (Hebrews 9:22, I John 1:7, Revelation 1:5), covenant (Exodus 24:8, Matthew 26:28, Romans 5:9, Hebrews 9:12; 13:12), war (I Kings 2:5, I Chronicles 22:8) BLUE –, Heavenly, Exodus 24:10. Symbolizes the Heavenly realm; Divine, Divine authority. PURPLE - Royalty It was one of the colors of the curtains of the tabernacle (Exo_26:1); of the veil (Exo_26:31); of the curtain over the grand entrance (Exo_26:36); of the ephod of the high-priest (Exo_28:5-6), and of its girdle (Exo_28:8); of the breastplate (Exo_28:15); of the hem of the robe of the ephod (Exo_28:33); (comp. Sir_45:10); of cloths for divine service (Exo_39:1; comp. Num_4:13), resumed when the Temple was built (2Ch_2:7; 2Ch_2:14; 2Ch_3:14). |