What is Jesus Christ’s favorite color?
Introduction
The Bible was silent about Jesus’ color preferences.
The Bible focused more on His teachings, actions, and spiritual significance. However, the Bible made rich references to various colors in the Old and New Testaments.
The first thing God created was light.
The Bible also mentions the rainbow, a perfect blend of seven colors comprising red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet (Genesis 9:13-16).
But if you are wondering about the Bible’s position on colors and their significance or want to know Jesus’ favorite color, you are in the right place.
This article will discuss everything color from a biblical point of view.
What is Jesus’ favorite color? Is white Jesus favorite color?
God created everything on earth. And the Bible said that God confirmed that everything He had made was good. Colors are part of what God created. Every creature, living and nonliving, is beautifully adorned with different colors. For example, the sky is blue, the soil is brown and dark, the grass is green, the sun, moon, and star provide white light, etc.
Therefore, every color is beautiful and God’s favorite. However, some Bible verses associated white with Jesus more than other colors.
Here are some biblical connections of white to Jesus that may suggest it’s His favorite color and their significance.
His clothes are white.
“He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.” (Matthew 17:2)
Jesus’ clothes became white when He transfigured before His disciples.
The connection between Jesus and the color white signifies Jesus’ divine nature.
It represents Jesus’ glory in full view before His disciples.
The disciples had never seen Him in this state.
They knew Him as the teacher who sat, traveled, and ate with them.
To them, Jesus was an ordinary man with supernatural powers. However, the transfiguration experience opened their eyes to a new dimension of Jesus they had never imagined.
His hair is white.
“His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire.” (Revelation 1:14)
The apostle John’s revelation about Jesus Christ confirmed that His hair was as white as wool.
Grey or white hair represents old age, experience, and wisdom.
Daniel 7:9 makes reference to the Ancient of Days seated on the throne. “I watched till thrones were put in place, and the Ancient of Days was seated; His garment was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was a fiery flame, its wheels a burning fire.”
Jesus is Ancient of Days because He was at the beginning of the Creation. John 1:2 says, “He was in the beginning with God.”
Although Jesus does not age, His white hair represents divine wisdom and presence before the heavens and earth were spoken into form.
The faithful wear white.
“You have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white, for they are worthy.” (Revelation 3:4)
Sin is represented as red in the Bible. However, white stands for light, holiness, and purity.
Jesus is holy.
The Bible confirms this in revelation, stating that a vast and countless multitude or an immense number of angels, living creatures, and elders crying,
“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom, and strength and honor and glory and blessing!” (Revelation 5:11-12)
Jesus’ worthiness here is His qualification as the perfect gift of sacrifice for our sins.
He is worthy because He is spotless and holy. Therefore, those who must walk with Him must be holy.
It is written that we are called to be holy as God is holy (1 Peter 1:15-16).
As such, one of the signs that you have been washed clean and worthy to stand and walk with Christ in eternity is when your garment is white as snow (Zechariah 3:3–5).
He rides on a white horse.
“Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war.” (Revelation 19:11)
John the Apostles saw another revelation about a man riding a white horse.
His name is Faithful and True.
This is Jesus Christ. He is faithful and true to His covenant and promises to deliver His people from the captive and tribulation and judge the world.
The white horse confirms Jesus’ coming in power, majesty, and victory.
His first coming was humble and lowly.
He was born in the manger where horses and cattle lay to live as man and die as a man. However, He is coming again in His full glory in the company of an army of angels to judge the world.
The martyrs wear white.
“Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.” (Revelation 6:11)
Martyrs are those who were killed because of their faith in Jesus.
They refused to deny Him but held on despite opposition, torture, incarceration, and death.
Many of Jesus’ disciples were martyrs.
The Bible verse above confirms that one of the rewards for their courage, devotion, and faith was that they were adorned in white robes.
This white robe would probably distinguish them from those who made it to heaven. Therefore, the color white represents martyrs.
People in heaven wear white.
“After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands.” (Revelation 7:9)
Many colors were represented in heaven.
For example, sapphire, purple scarlet, and gold are colors we can find in the Bible according to the Bible. However, it seems that the color white is more prominent than others.
The Bible verse above says everyone who made it to heaven was clothed in white robes.
This means that everywhere would be covered in white, and everywhere one turns in heaven, there would be someone in white.
White here symbolizes victory over sin and death. It is a reward for a job well done and a life well spent to the glory of the Lord.
The armies of heaven wear white.
“And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses.” (Revelation 19:14)
Another imagery that shows Jesus’ love for white is His army clothed in white linen and riding on white horses.
This gives a new perspective on white, mostly known as purity and holiness and not associated with violence and war.
Here on Earth, soldiers wear camouflage when going to war. But in heaven, they wear pure white garments.
This proves that they are invincible. Their commander, Jesus conquered Satan and death; therefore, no power can withstand them.
He sits on a white throne. 
“Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them.” (Revelation 20:11)
The great white throne is the throne God will sit on during the final judgment.
This gives another perspective on the color white.
White is presented as a color that distinguishes between light and darkness because both sinners and the righteous will stand before the great white throne to be judged.
Therefore, Jesus might love the white color because it represents righteousness and is a distinguishing factor between good and evil, sinfulness, holiness, and heaven and hell.
Other significant colors in the Bible
Other colors are well represented in the Bible.
No color is above the other; they all have unique spiritual significance.
Here are some other colors featured in the Bible and what they signify.
Red or scarlet
The color red is a significant number in the Bible.
It is used to represent sin and the blood of Jesus.
Isaiah 1:18 places these two meanings side by side. “Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.”
While red represents the stain of sin, the blood of Jesus is powerful to overcome sin and blot it out to bring spiritual transformation, atonement, and redemption.
Therefore, the color red is an integral part of the Christian symbolism.
The color red is also one of the recommended colors God instructed Moses to use in designing the Terbanacle (Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:31)
Blue
Blue is another significant color in the Bible, representing heavenly, God’s divinity, law, and commandment.
“And they saw the God of Israel. And there was under His feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and it was like the very heavens in its clarity.” (Exodus 24:10)
Color blue features on the breastplate of judgment worn by the High Priest. “The second row shall be a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond” (Exodus 28:18).
The robe of the ephod, one of the priestly garments, is blue. “You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue.” (Exodus 28:31)
Purple
The color blue in the Bible represents royalty.
Jesus is the King of kings, seated upon the throne next to God, the Father.
When His birth was prophesied by the Prophet Isaiah, Jesus was said to be above government, and He is the Prince of Peace, all denoting royalty and authority.
“For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder and His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 9:6)
Another connection of purple to royalty and Jesus can be found in Mark 15:17 when Jesus was tried and tortured.
The Roman soldiers put on him a purple robe and crown of thorns and began to salute Him, “Hail, King of the Jews!” (Mark 15:17-18)
Although the people during Jesus’ time did not directly acknowledge Jesus as the Son of God, they knew there was something different about Him.
They knew He was not a normal human. However, Pilate believed He was indeed a king. “Now Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was: Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.” (John 19:19)
The color purple is also one of the recommended colors God instructed Moses to use in designing the Terbanacle (Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:31).
Therefore, the color purple in the Bible represents royalty, wealth, luxury, and majesty.
Green
The color green is another color that is linked to Jesus in the Bible.
It represents life, growth, and renewal. The Bible uses imagery like greener pastures in Psalm 23 to talk about abundance and blessings.
“He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.” (Psalm 23:2)
Psalm 1:3 also connects the color green with prosperity, life, vibrancy, and longevity.
“He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers.”
Jesus came to give us abundant life (John 10:10).
He also desires us to become rich and wealthy.
“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.” (2 Corinthians 8:9)
Gold
Gold is a heavenly color.
It represents glory, preciousness, and kingship.
The Bible records that the streets of heaven, Jesus’ abode, are made of gold.
“The twelve gates were twelve pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass” (Revelation 21:21).
Revelation 21:18 also adds that the city of heaven is made of pure gold, shining like clear glass.
Jesus said he had gone to heaven to prepare a place for those who accept and believe in Him (John 14:3).
1 Peter 1:7 compares our faith with gold, which becomes pure as it passes through fire.
Fire here represents the trials and tribulations we will experience as believers. However, we will not be consumed but come out better and purer.
Jesus has also promised us that He has overcome the world (John 16:33)
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