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COLOR; COLORS

kul'-er, kul'-erz: The word translated "color" in the King James Version is `ayin, which literally means "eye" or "appearance," and has been so translated in the Revised Version (British and American). In the New Testament the Greek prophasis, has the meaning of pretense or show (Acts 27:30; compare Revelation 17:4 the King James Version). The references to Joseph's coat of many colors (Genesis 37:3, 13, 12) and "garments of divers colors" (2 Samuel 13:18, 19) probably do not mean the color of the garment at all, but the form, as suggested in the American Revised Version, margin, "a long garment with sleeves." In Judges 5:30 the word for "dip" or "dye" appears in the original and has been so translated in the American Standard Revised Version. (see DYE). In 1 Chronicles 29:2 riqmah, meaning "variegated," hence, "varicolored," is found. In Isaiah 54:11, pukh is used. This name was applied to the sulfide of antimony (Arabic kochl) used for painting the eyes. Hence, the American Revised Version, margin rendering "antimony" instead of "fair colors" (see PAINT). In Ezekiel 16:16 Tala', is found, meaning "covered with pieces" or "spotted," hence, by implication "divers colors."

Although the ancient Hebrews had no specific words for "color," "paint" or "painter," still, as we know, they constantly met with displays of the art of coloring among the Babylonians (Ezekiel 23:14) and Egyptians and the inhabitants of Palestine Pottery, glazed bricks, glassware, tomb walls, sarcophagi, wood and fabrics were submitted to the skill of the colorist. This skill probably consisted in bringing out striking effects by the use of a few primary colors, rather than in any attempt at the blending of shades which characterizes modern coloring. That the gaudy show of their heathen neighbors attracted the children of Israel is shown by such passages as Judges 8:27 Ezekiel 23:12, 16.

Two reasons may be given for the indefiniteness of many of the Biblical references to color.

(1) The origin of the Hebrew people: They had been wandering tribes or slaves with no occasion to develop a color language.

(2) Their religious laws: These forbade expression in color or form (Exodus 20:4). Yielding to the attractions of gorgeous display was discouraged by such prophets as Ezekiel, who had sickened of the abominations of the Chaldeans (Ezekiel 23:14, 15, 16); "And I said unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes" (Ezekiel 20:7).

Indefiniteness of color language is common to oriental literature, ancient and modern. This does not indicate a want of appreciation of color but a failure to analyze and define color effects. The inhabitants of Syria and Palestine today delight in brilliant colors. Bright yellow, crimson, magenta and green are used for adornment with no evident sense of fitness, according to the foreigners' eyes, other than their correspondence with the glaring brightness of the eastern skies. A soapmaker once told the writer that in order to make his wares attractive to the Arabs he colored them a brilliant crimson or yellow. A peasant chooses without hesitation a flaring magenta or yellow or green zun-nar (girdle), rather than one of somber hues. The oriental student in the chemical or physical laboratory often finds his inability to distinguish or classify color a real obstacle. His closest definition of a color is usually "lightish" or "darkish." This is not due to color blindness but to a lack of education, and extends to lines other than color distinctions. The colloquial language of Palestine today is poor in words denoting color, and an attempt to secure from a native a satisfactory description of some simple color scheme is usually disappointing. The harmonious color effects which have come to us from the Orient have been, in the past, more the result of accident (see DYE) than of deliberate purpose, as witness the clashing of colors where modern artificial dyes have been introduced.

This inability of the peoples of Bible lands to define colors is an inheritance from past ages, a consideration which helps us to appreciate the vagueness of many of the Biblical references.

The following color words occur in the King James Version or Revised Version:

(1) bay,

(2) black,

(3) blue,

(4) brown,

(5) crimson,

(6) green,

(7) grey,

(8) hoar,

(9) purple,

(10) red,

(11) scarlet,

(12) sorrel,

(13) vermilion,

(14) white,

(15) yellow.

In addition there are indefinite words indicating mixtures of light and dark:

(a) grisled (grizzled),

(b) ringstraked (ringstreaked),

(c) speckled,

(d) spotted.

(1) Bay or Red:

Bay or red is more properly translated "strong" in the Revised Version (British and American).

(2) Black (Blackish):

Eight different words have been translated "black." They indicate various meanings such as "dusky like the early dawn," "ashen," "swarthy," "moved with passion." Black is applied to hair (Leviticus 13:31 Songs 5:11 Matthew 5:36); to marble or pavement (Esther 1:6); to mourning (Job 30:28, 30 Jeremiah 14:2); to passion (Jeremiah 8:21 the King James Version; Lamentations 5:10); to horses (Zechariah 6:2, 6 Revelation 6:5); to the heavens (1 Kings 18:45 Job 3:5 Proverbs 7:9 the King James Version; Jeremiah 4:28 Micah 3:6); to the sun (Revelation 6:12); to the skin (racial) (Songs 1:5, 6); to flocks (Genesis 30:32, 33, 15, 40); to brooks because of ice (Job 6:16).

(3) Blue:

Blue (tekheleth, a color from the cerulean mussel): This word was applied only to fabrics dyed with a special blue dye obtained from a shellfish. See DYE. shesh in one passage of the King James Version is translated "blue" (Esther 1:6). It is properly translated in the Revised Version (British and American) "white cloth." "Blueness of a wound" (Proverbs 20:30) is correctly rendered in the Revised Version (British and American) "stripes that wound." Blue is applied to the fringes, veil, vestments, embroideries, etc., in the description of the ark and tabernacle (Exodus 25 Numbers 4:6; Numbers 15:38); to workers in blue (2 Chronicles 2:7, 14; 2 Chronicles 3:14); to palace adornments (Esther 1:6); to royal apparel (Esther 8:15 Jeremiah 10:9 Ezekiel 23:6; Ezekiel 27:7, 24).

(4) Brown:

The Hebrew word meaning "sunburnt" or "swarthy" is translated "black" in the Revised Version (British and American) (Genesis 30:32).

(5) Crimson:

Crimson (karmil): This word is probably of Persian origin and applies to the brilliant dye obtained from a bug. A second word tola`ath, is also found. Its meaning is the same. See DYE. Crimson is applied to raiment (2 Chronicles 2:7, 14; 2 Chronicles 3:14 Jeremiah 4:30 the King James Version); to sins (Isaiah 1:18).

(6) Green (Greenish):

This word in the translation refers almost without exception to vegetation. The Hebrew yaraq, literally, "pale," is considered one of the three definite color words used in the Old Testament (see WHITE; RED). The Greek equivalent is chloros; compare English "chlorine." This word occurs in the following vs: Genesis 1:30; Genesis 9:3 Exodus 10:15 Leviticus 2:14 (the King James Version); 23:14 (the King James Version); 2 Kings 19:26 Psalm 37:2 Isaiah 15:6; Isaiah 37:27 Job 39:8; chloros, Mark 6:39 Revelation 8:7; Revelation 9:4. ra`anan, closely allied in meaning to yaraq, is used to describe trees in the following passages: Deuteronomy 12:2 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 16:4; 2 Kings 17:10; 2 Kings 19:26 2 Chronicles 28:4; Job 15:32 Psalm 37:35; Psalm 52:8 Songs 1:16 Isaiah 57:5 Jeremiah 2:20; Jeremiah 3:6; Jeremiah 11:16; Jeremiah 17:2, 8; Ezekiel 6:13 Hosea 14:8. In the remaining verses the Hebrew equivalents do not denote color, but the condition of being full of sap, fresh or unripe (compare similar uses in English) (Genesis 30:37 (the King James Version); Judges 16:7, 8 Psalm 23:2 Songs 2:13 Job 8:16 Ezekiel 17:24; Ezekiel 20:47; Luke 23:31). In Esther 1:6 the Hebrew word refers to a fiber, probably cotton, as is indicated by the American Revised Version, margin. Greenish is used to describe leprous spots in Leviticus 13:49; Leviticus 14:37. The same word is translated "yellow" in Psalm 68:13.

(7) Gray:

The Hebrew sebhah, means old age, hence, refers also to the color of the hair in old age (Genesis 42:38; Genesis 44:29; Genesis 44:31 Deuteronomy 32:25 Psalm 71:18 Hosea 7:9). See Hoar, next paragraph.

(8) Hoar (Hoary):

The same word which in other verses is translated "gray" is rendered "hoar" or "hoary," applying to the hair in 1 Kings 2:6, 9 Isaiah 46:4 Leviticus 19:32 Job 41:32 Proverbs 16:31. Another Hebrew word is translated "hoar" or "hoary," describing "frost" in Exodus 16:14 Job 38:29 Psalm 147:16.

(9) Purple:

The Hebrew equivalent is 'argaman; Greek porphura. The latter word refers to the source of the dye, namely, a shell-fish found on the shores of the Mediterranean. See DYE. This color, which varied widely according to the kind of shellfish used and the method of dyeing, was utilized in connection with the adornment of the tabernacle (Exodus 25; Exodus 26; Exodus 26 27; 28; 35; 36; 38; 39 Numbers 4:13). There were workers in purple called to assist in beautifying the temple (2 Chronicles 2:7, 14; 2 Chronicles 3:14). Purple was much used for royal raiment and furnishings (Judges 8:26 Esther 1:6; Esther 8:15 Songs 3:10 Mark 15:17, 20 John 19:2, 5). Purple was typical of gorgeous apparel (Proverbs 31:22 Jeremiah 10:9 Songs 7:5 Ezekiel 27:7, 16; Luke 16:19 Acts 16:14 Revelation 17:4; Revelation 18:12, 16).

(10) Red:

The Hebrew 'adhom, is from dam, "blood," hence, "bloodlike." This is one of the three distinctive color words mentioned in the Old Testament (see GREEN; WHITE), and is found in most of the references to red. Four other words are used:

(a) chakhlili, probably "darkened" or "clouded" (Genesis 49:12 Proverbs 23:29);

(b) chamar, "to ferment" (Psalm 75:8 margin; Isaiah 27:2 the King James Version);

(c) bahaT, probably "to glisten" (Esther 1:6);

(d) purros "firelike" (Matthew 16:2, 3 Revelation 6:4; Revelation 12:3). Red is applied to dyed skins (Exodus 25:5; Exodus 26:14; Exodus 35:7, 23; 36:19:00; 39:34); to the color of animals (Numbers 19:2 Zechariah 1:8; Zechariah 6:2 Revelation 6:4; Revelation 12:3); to the human skin (Genesis 25:25; ruddy, 1 Samuel 16:12; 1 Samuel 17:42 Songs 5:10 Lamentations 4:7); to the eyes (Genesis 49:12 Proverbs 23:29); to sores (Leviticus 13); to wine (Psalm 75:8 m; Proverbs 23:31 Isaiah 27:2 the King James Version); to water (2 Kings 3:22); to pavement (Esther 1:6); to pottage (Genesis 25:30); to apparel (Isaiah 63:2); to the sky (Matthew 16:2, 3); to sins (Isaiah 1:18); to a shield (Nahum 2:3).

(11) Scarlet:

Scarlet and crimson colors were probably from the same source (see CRIMSON; DYE). tola`ath, or derivatives have been translated by both "scarlet" and "crimson" (Greek kokkinos). A Chaldaic word for purple has thrice been translated "scarlet" in the King James Version (Daniel 5:7, 16, 29). Scarlet is applied to fabrics or yarn used

(a) in the equipment of the tabernacle (Exodus 25 Numbers 4:8);

(b) in rites in cleansing lepers (Leviticus 14); in ceremony of purification (Numbers 19:6); to royal or gorgeous apparel (2 Samuel 1:24 Proverbs 31:21 Lamentations 4:5; "purple"; Nahum 2:3 Matthew 27:28 Revelation 17:4; Revelation 18:12, 16); to marking thread (Genesis 38:28, 30 Joshua 2:18, 21); to lips (Songs 4:3); to sins (Isaiah 1:18); to (Revelation 17:3); to wool (Hebrews 9:19).

(12) Sorrel:

This word occurs once in the Revised Version (British and American) (Zechariah 1:8).

(13) Vermilion:

This word, shashar, occurs in two passages (Jeremiah 22:14 Ezekiel 23:14). Vermilion of modern arts is a sulfide of mercury. It is not at all improbable that the paint referred to was an oxide of iron. This oxide is still taken from the ground in Syria and Palestine and used for decorative outlining.

(14) White:

The principal word for denoting whiteness in the Hebrew was labhan, a distinctive color word. Some of the objects to which it was applied show that it was used as we use the word "white" (Genesis 49:12). Mt. Lebanon was probably named because of its snow-tipped peaks (Jeremiah 18:14). White is applied to goats (Genesis 30:35); to rods (Genesis 30:37); to teeth (Genesis 49:12); to leprous hairs and spots (Leviticus 13 Numbers 12:10); to garments (Ecclesiastes 9:8; Ecclesiastes 7:9); as symbol of purity (Daniel 11:35; Daniel 12:10 Isaiah 1:18); to horses (Zechariah 1:8; Zechariah 6:3, 1); to tree branches (Joel 1:7); to coriander seed (Exodus 16:31). The corresponding Greek word, leukos, is used in New Testament. It is applied to hair (Matthew 5:36 Revelation 1:14); to raiment (Matthew 17:2; Matthew 28:3 Mark 9:3; Mark 16:5 Luke 9:29 John 20:12; Acts 1:10 Revelation 3:4, 5, 18; Revelation 6:11; Revelation 7:9, 13, 14; 19:14); to horses (Revelation 6:2; Revelation 19:11, 14); to a throne (Revelation 20:11); to stone (Revelation 2:17); to a cloud (Revelation 14:14). Besides labhan, four other Hebrew words have been translated "white":

(a) chori, or chur, meaning "bleached," applied to bread (Genesis 40:16); to linen (Esther 1:6; Esther 8:15);

(b) tsach, or tsachor, literally, "dazzling," is applied to asses (Judges 5:10); to human appearance (Songs 5:10); to wool (Ezekiel 27:18);

(c) dar, probably mother of pearl or alabaster (Esther 1:6);

(d) rir, literally, "saliva," and, from resemblance, "white of egg" (Job 6:6).

(15) Yellow:

This word occurs in Esther 1:6 to describe pavement; in Leviticus 13 to describe leprous hair; in Psalm 68:13 to describe gold.

Mixtures of colors:

(a) grizzled (grisled), literally, "spotted as with hail," applied to goats (Genesis 31:10, 12); to horses (Zechariah 6:3, 1);

(b) ringstreaked (ringstraked), literally, "striped with bands," applied to animals (Genesis 30:35; Genesis 31:8);

(c) speckled, literally, "dotted or spotted," applied to cattle and goats (Genesis 30:32; Genesis 31:8); to a bird (Jeremiah 12:9); to horses (Zechariah 1:8 the King James Version);

(d) spotted, literally, "covered with patches," applied to cattle and goats (Genesis 30:32). In Jude 1:23 "spotted" means "defiled."

Figurative: For figurative uses, see under separate colors.

LITERATURE.

Perrot and Chipiez, History of Art in Ancient Egypt, History of Art in Chaldea and Assyria, History of Art in Phoenicia and its Dependencies; Wilkinson, The Ancient Egyptians; Jewish Encyclopedia;EB; Delitzsch, Iris.

James A. Patch

Greek

5192. huakinthos -- hyacinth
... Transliteration: huakinthos Phonetic Spelling: (hoo-ak'-in-thos) Short Definition:
jacinth Definition: jacinth, a precious stone of the color of hyacinth. ...
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5474. chalkolibanon -- chalcolibanus (fine copper, bronze or brass ...
... Transliteration: chalkolibanon Phonetic Spelling: (khal-kol-ib'-an-on) Short Definition:
orichalcum, or frankincense of a yellow color Definition: orichalcum ...
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5191. huakinthinos -- of hyacinth, hyacinthine
... Transliteration: huakinthinos Phonetic Spelling: (hoo-ak-in'-thee-nos) Short Definition:
dark purple Definition: dark purple or blue, of the color of hyacinth. ...
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5556. chrusoprasos -- a chrysoprase (a greenish-yellow gem)
... Transliteration: chrusoprasos Phonetic Spelling: (khroo-sop'-ras-os) Short Definition:
a chrysoprase Definition: a chrysoprase, gem of a golden-greenish color. ...
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4209. porphura -- purple fish, purple dye, purple cloth
... purple. Of Latin origin; the "purple" mussel, ie (by implication) the red-blue
color itself, and finally a garment dyed with it -- purple. ...
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3526. Niger -- Niger, a Christian
... proper name. Word Origin of Latin origin (dark in color) Definition Niger,
a Christian NASB Word Usage Niger (1). Niger. Of Latin ...
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5555. chrusolithos -- a chrysolite (a yellow gem)
... Masculine Transliteration: chrusolithos Phonetic Spelling: (khroo-sol'-ee-thos)
Short Definition: a topaz Definition: a topaz, a gem with a bright yellow color ...
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271. amethustos -- amethyst
... Phonetic Spelling: (am-eth'-oos-tos) Short Definition: amethyst Definition: amethyst
(a kind of rock crystal: the best specimens are the color of unmixed wine ...
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3392. miaino -- to stain, defile
... [3392 () literally means "to dye, stain with color." Figuratively, it refers to
rendering something morally (spiritually) defiled.]. Word Origin a prim. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8350. shasher -- red color, vermilion
... 8349, 8350. shasher. 8351 . red color, vermilion. Transliteration: shasher
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-shar') Short Definition: red. ...
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7835. shachar -- to be black
... be black. A primitive root (identical with shachar through the idea of the duskiness
of early dawn); to be dim or dark (in color) -- be black. ...
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6669. tsahob -- gleaming, yellow
... Word Origin from tsaheb Definition gleaming, yellow NASB Word Usage yellowish (3).
yellow. From tsahab; golden in color -- yellow. see HEBREW tsahab. ...
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5869. ayin -- an eye
... wish* (2), yourselves (2). affliction, outward appearance, before, think
best, color, conceit, be content. Probably a primitive word ...
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8314. saraph -- fiery serpent
... From saraph; burning, ie (figuratively) poisonous (serpent); specifically, a saraph
or symbolical creature (from their copper color) -- fiery (serpent), seraph ...
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3418. yereq -- green, greenness
... From yaraq (in the sense of vacuity of color); properly, pallor, ie Hence, the
yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation; concretely, verdure, ie Grass or ...
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6668. tsaheb -- to gleam
... root Definition to gleam NASB Word Usage shiny (1). fine. A primitive root; to glitter,
ie Be golden in color -- X fine. 6667, 6668. tsaheb or tsahob. 6669 > ...
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2556. chamets -- to be sour or leavened
... A primitive root; to be pungent; ie In taste (sour, ie Literally fermented, or
figuratively, harsh), in color (dazzling) -- cruel (man), dyed, be grieved ...
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7552. Reqem -- "having many colors," a Midianite king, also two ...
... Rekem. From raqam; versi-color; Rekem, the name of a place in Palestine, also of
a Midianite and an Israelite -- Rekem. see HEBREW raqam. 7551, 7552. ...
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713. argaman -- purple, red-purple
... threads (1). purple. Of foreign origin; purple (the color or the dyed stuff) --
purple. 712, 713. argaman. 714 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

Illustrations
... THE OLD TESTAMENT. Moses and Zipporah at the well (color plate) . . . . ... The great
flood. Dove returns to ark with an olive leaf (color plate). The three strangers ...
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Whether Our Intellect Understands Corporeal and Material Things by ...
... Objection 3: Further, the Philosopher says (De Anima iii, 7) that the phantasm
is to the intellectual soul what color is to the sight. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether our intellect understands corporeal.htm

I Will Take one Case that Will Serve Both as Symbol and Example...
... I will take one case that will serve both as symbol and example: the case of color. ...
The color was often arbitrary; but it was always authoritative. ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 35 i will take.htm

Whether Anything Can be an Object of Universal Hatred?
... Thus we say that the object of sight is color considered generically; not that the
sight is cognizant of universal color, but because the fact that color is ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether anything can be an.htm

Whether Clarity is Becoming to the Glorified Body?
... Objection 3: Further, light and color require a contrary disposition in their subject,
since "light is the extreme point of visibility in an indeterminate body ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether clarity is becoming to.htm

Whether the Powers are Distinguished by their Acts and Objects?
... But various objects which belong to various powers, belong also to some one power;
as sound and color belong to sight and hearing, which are different powers ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the powers are distinguished.htm

The Three are One, and Also Equal, viz the Mind Itself, and the ...
... Not as though in a subject; as color, or shape, or any other quality or
quantity, are in the body. For anything of this [material ...
/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 4 the three are one.htm

Whether Christ's Body Rose Glorified? [*Some Editions Give this ...
... to Mat.13:43: "Then shall the just shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father."
But shining bodies are seen under the aspect of light, but not of color. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether christs body rose glorified.htm

The Accidental Always Implies Some Change in the Thing.
... For although some accidents are said to be inseparable, which in Greek are called
achorista, as the color black is to the feather of a raven; yet the feather ...
/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 4 the accidental always implies.htm

How God is a Substance Both Simple and Manifold.
... And in each several body, size is one thing, color another, shape another; for the
same color and the same shape may remain with diminished size; and the same ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 6 how god is a.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehended in vision; as, gay colors; sad colors, etc.

2. (n.) Any hue distinguished from white or black.

3. (n.) The hue or color characteristic of good health and spirits; ruddy complexion.

4. (n.) That which is used to give color; a paint; a pigment; as, oil colors or water colors.

5. (n.) That which covers or hides the real character of anything; semblance; excuse; disguise; appearance.

6. (n.) Shade or variety of character; kind; species.

7. (n.) A distinguishing badge, as a flag or similar symbol (usually in the plural); as, the colors or color of a ship or regiment; the colors of a race horse (that is, of the cap and jacket worn by the jockey).

8. (n.) An apparent right; as where the defendant in trespass gave to the plaintiff an appearance of title, by stating his title specially, thus removing the cause from the jury to the court.

9. (v. t.) To change or alter the hue or tint of, by dyeing, staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to stain.

10. (v. t.) To change or alter, as if by dyeing or painting; to give a false appearance to; usually, to give a specious appearance to; to cause to appear attractive; to make plausible; to palliate or excuse; as, the facts were colored by his prejudices.

11. (v. t.) To hide.

12. (v. i.) To acquire color; to turn red, especially in the face; to blush.

Thesaurus

Color (18 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The hue or color characteristic of good health and spirits; ruddy complexion. ...
12. (vi) To acquire color; to turn red, especially in the face; to blush. ...
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Scarlet-color (1 Occurrence)
Scarlet-color. Scarlet, Scarlet-color. Scarlet-colored . Multi-Version
Concordance Scarlet-color (1 Occurrence). Revelation ...
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White (756 Occurrences)
... 1. (superl.) Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted
with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure ...
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Dye (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (vt) To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as by the
application of dyestuffs. 2. (n.) Color produced by dyeing. ...
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Green (72 Occurrences)
... 1. (superl.) Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color
of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant ...
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Purple (54 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A color formed by, or resembling that formed
by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue. ...
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Black (52 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot
or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white ...
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Dyeing
... The above references and other color words mentioned elsewhere (see COLOR) indicate
that the Israelites were acquainted with dyed stuffs, even if they ...
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Blue (51 Occurrences)
... 1. (superl.) Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether
lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets. ...
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Colors (12 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia COLOR; COLORS. kul'-er, kul'-erz: The
word translated "color" in the King James Version is `ayin ...
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Bible Concordance

Color (18 Occurrences)

Acts 27:30 And as the sailors were seeking to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, under color as though they would lay out anchors from the foreship,
(ASV WBS)

Revelation 9:17 Thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those who sat on them, having breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of lions. Out of their mouths proceed fire, smoke, and sulfur.
(See NAS RSV)

Leviticus 13:55 Then the priest shall examine it, after the plague is washed; and behold, if the plague hasn't changed its color, and the plague hasn't spread, it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire. It is a mildewed spot, whether the bareness is inside or outside.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS RSV)

Numbers 11:7 And the manna was as coriander seed, and the color thereof as the color of bdellium.
(KJV WBS)

Proverbs 23:31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
(WBS)

Ezekiel 1:4 And I looked, and behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and from the midst of it as the color of amber, from the midst of the fire.
(WBS)

Ezekiel 1:7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the color of burnished brass.
(WBS)

Ezekiel 1:16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like the color of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
(WBS)

Ezekiel 1:22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the color of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
(WBS)

Ezekiel 1:27 And I saw as the color of amber, as the appearance of fire around within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness on all sides.
(WBS)

Ezekiel 8:2 Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the color of amber.
(WBS)

Ezekiel 10:9 And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the color of a beryl stone.
(WBS)

Daniel 5:6 Then the colour went from the king's face, and he was troubled by his thoughts; strength went from his body, and his knees were shaking.
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Daniel 5:9 Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled and the colour went from his face, and his lords were at a loss.
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Daniel 5:10 The queen, because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the house of the feast: the queen made answer and said, O King, have life for ever; do not be troubled by your thoughts or let the colour go from your face:
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Daniel 7:28 Here is the end of the account. As for me, Daniel, I was greatly troubled by my thoughts, and the colour went from my face: but I kept the thing in my heart.
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Daniel 10:6 His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in color to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
(WBS)

Daniel 10:8 So I was by myself, and I saw this great vision, and all my strength went from me; and the colour went from my face.
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