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Color Symbolism in Biblical Art
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| white | purity, righteousness, holiness; light, innocence, joy, virginity, faith, glory |
| red, scarlet | passion, blood, fire; sin, suffering, sacrifice; corruption; love, hate |
| blue | sky, heaven, spiritual love, truth, constancy, fidelity; Holy Spirit, authority; law; the Virgin Mary |
| purple | sorrow, penitence; royalty, wealth, propserity |
| gold | sun, God, divinity, divine intelligence; kingship, glory; riches of heaven; Scirpture |
| silver | redemption, the truth; pure words, understanding |
| green | hope, fertility; life, growth; prosperity; charity, regeneration through good works |
| grey | mortification, mourning, humility; death of body, immortality of spirit; dignity, honour; age; half-truths |
| black | mourning, penance, death; sin, evil, underworld; apostasy; witchcraft |
| brown | flesh; mortification, mourning, humility |
| brass/copper | perfect human nature |
| black and white | (as in the habits of some orders, e.g Dominicans) penace, humility, & purity of life |
| red and black | purgatory; the Devil |
| yellow | illuminated truth; deceit, treason, jealousy, instability, cowardice; heretics, nonbelievers |
| light and brightness | superior spirit & inelligence, divinity & holiness, goodness & wisdom |
| darkness | evil & ignorance |
| violet | love & truth; passion & suffering |
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