Friday Five: God's colors

Five common colors from the Bible:

Black: a symbol of affliction and calamity

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death [or black]
And broke their bands apart.

Psalms 107:14

Blue: the symbol of deity

[They] saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of sapphire [blue], clear as the sky itself.

Ex 24:10

When the camp is to set out, Aaron and his sons shall go in and take down the screening curtain, and cover the ark of the covenant with it; then they shall put on it a covering of fine leather, and spread over that a cloth all of blue, and shall put its poles in place.

Num 4:5-6

Crimson: the symbol of iniquity

Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool.

Isaiah 1:18

White: the symbol of holiness

He [Aaron] is to put on the sacred linen [white] tunic, with linen [white] undergarments next to his body; he is to tie the linen sash around him and put on the linen [white] turban.

Lev 16:4

Purple: the symbol of royalty

Daniel was clothed in purple, a gold chain was placed around his neck, and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.

Dan 5:29

They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head.