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)!

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

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

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

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 &

purity, holiness, bride of Christ, righteous act acquired through the blood of Christ, angels, saints,

GOLD,

BLUE,

PURPLE &

on white linen represents the Tabernacle

CRIMSON,

SCARLET OR

blood atonement, sacrifice of Christ’s blood from death and sin

YELLOW,

BRONZE,

PEACH &

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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