In every culture around the world color plays a part in the way people percieve their world. This is no accident. God designed us to sense color as a way to interpret our world, not just to sense what is dangerous, but also what is good for food and to appreciate beauty. If it wasn’t an important part of the human experience He wouldn’t have given us the ability to see it, but as far as I can tell, God loves color!
I love color too, and this is one of the main reasons that I began dyeing silks. Probably since the beginning of my artistic endeavors with my first box of crayons, I’ve loved colors.
The care God took to ‘paint’ each type of flower, bird, tree and plant, forming the rocks and precious stones, fish and other bright animals, and the beetles… thousands of varieties of bright or jewel toned beetles, made lovely, for His delight and ours. I do delight in them! (I don’t want to touch the beetles, but they are kind of neat.)
Color is a language in itself, just like a musical note, it is a frequency, a vibration and a mathematical equation. Each tone and shade gives flavor to the hue that sings out the glory of the Creator with His unlimited box of paints.
How I love the visual song He has sung in our world, and I sing back to Him my simple melody of love in each flag my heart and hand waves before Him with it’s blend of colors that I have only just begun to understand. One thing I do know, there are more colors in Heaven than on Earth, and I will finally see my favorite color when I get there. As much as I love color, I haven’t found one good enough to call it my favorite forever.
I hope to share a series of posts on color which may help you to understand each basic color a little better. There are 7 colors of the spectrum, that is white broken into 7 main frequencies or wavelengths, then there is white (light) and black (darkness) and grey (degrees of light) as well as metallic colors. I will include biblical references, prophetic interpretations as well as cultural and natural symbolism.
Comments are welcome, questions are even ‘welcome-er’ and color requests are anticipated though the first color I will post on this week is Purple…Yay!!!
Julie
Looking forward to learning more and reading your insights.
Jeanne Kimball
Thanks Nickol. I found part one to be quite interesting. I can’t wait to see what you post about the color purple 😉
Margie
So excited to be on this journey with you.
Valerie Nino Shockency
Awesome!!! Speaking my language :). Can you explain what you meant when you said, “prophetic interpretations”?
worshipbanners
Just that there may not be a direct link to scripture, natural or cultural assignment, but the Holy Spirit may lend a meaning to a color, whether for corporate or individual ministry. Even tho pink for example has no references regarding mercy or grace, I definitely perceive that they are linked to the color pink. I have heard other individuals ascribe meanings to colors that are new to me, but the Spirit gives confirmation.
suttie peterson
Pink resonates with mercy and grace with me as well because I relate pink with love and passion as do many cultures I have come across in my travels.