Some say a dream is from God if it's in vivid color, but not so if it's black-and-white. Our God is a masterful artist who uses unlimited color as He paints the world. His palette isn't limited to vivid, drab or lack of color in anything He does, including painting dreams. I've interpreted thousands of dreams for hundreds of people and I've never heard one, regardless of its intensity or lack of color, that didn't have His signature brushstroke.
Colors Are an Important Key to Dream Interpretation
Colors are one of the first and easiest keys to understand as you begin to interpret your dreams. It's all so logical, the way He uses symbols such as colors in dreams. Each color has a different meaning, and we've included the most popular in the Symbol Dictionary of Dream Interpretation Toolkit. (For more on symbols and their meanings, read our post on the Principle of First Mention).
Take pink, for instance. Pale pink symbolizes innocence, like an infant baby girl. But change that pink to bright, hot pink and guess what we've got? Right, sensuousness.
Let's consider the color red for a moment. Red is a study in itself. When you think of Jesus and bright red, what do you think of but His blood, shed for us on the cross? So, if you dream of a really nice guy wearing a bright red shirt and doing good things in your dream, it's going to symbolize the Lord working in a situation in your life. But put that same red shirt on a bad guy who is doing questionable things in your dream, and the red likely symbolizes anger, or one who is calling attention to themselves and is perhaps arrogant. A woman with flaming red hair could indicate the dreamer or someone in their life was dealing with anger issues, and likely the day or two before the dream.
Take pink, for instance. Pale pink symbolizes innocence, like an infant baby girl. But change that pink to bright, hot pink and guess what we've got? Right, sensuousness.
Let's consider the color red for a moment. Red is a study in itself. When you think of Jesus and bright red, what do you think of but His blood, shed for us on the cross? So, if you dream of a really nice guy wearing a bright red shirt and doing good things in your dream, it's going to symbolize the Lord working in a situation in your life. But put that same red shirt on a bad guy who is doing questionable things in your dream, and the red likely symbolizes anger, or one who is calling attention to themselves and is perhaps arrogant. A woman with flaming red hair could indicate the dreamer or someone in their life was dealing with anger issues, and likely the day or two before the dream.
Colors are one of the first and easiest keys to understand as you begin to interpret your dreams.
The color white, which the Bible says is the color of Jesus' clothing in his glorified state, certainly seems to symbolize righteousness. If you dream you are wearing a white shirt (a key here is that the color is next to your heart, which in dreams shows your motives and attitude, your "heart") it would definitely indicate you were acting, reacting or thinking in a righteous way in the particular situation the dream addressed.
However, the Bible also tells us that religious spirits are like "whitewashed tombs," so white can mean a dreamer is dealing with a religious spirit, but the color white will show up somewhere other than the dreamer's shirt. It will likely appear on another character, one who is doing questionable actions in the dream. That doesn't mean the dreamer is innocent, per se, but it indicates the dreamer is being influenced by an outside source, a religious spirit.
A favorite color used in dreams is black, which is never a good color. It always indicates negative things. "There were bad guys dressed in black chasing me," is a line I hear all the time. "The woman was dressed in all black and sitting across the table from me," or "I had on a black sweater and was smoking a cigarette. But I don't smoke!" All these are parts of dreams I hear in my interpretation- world. Black means things like sin, lack, famine, poverty, disease, and the works of the demonic against us. Remember, in dreams, clothing worn next to the heart shows the motivation and attitude of the heart, so black clothing is always a negative symbol.
Every color and every shade has meaning. Orange, light blue, bright blue, dark blue, purple, burgundy, beige, brown, grass green, sage green, neon green...there are so many, too many for one post. I'll write some more next time. Until then, write your dreams and pay particular attention to the colors when you interpret them because they are one of the main keys to consider as you interpret your dreams.
What colors do you have in your dreams? Let us know in the comments.
Sweet dreams!
However, the Bible also tells us that religious spirits are like "whitewashed tombs," so white can mean a dreamer is dealing with a religious spirit, but the color white will show up somewhere other than the dreamer's shirt. It will likely appear on another character, one who is doing questionable actions in the dream. That doesn't mean the dreamer is innocent, per se, but it indicates the dreamer is being influenced by an outside source, a religious spirit.
A favorite color used in dreams is black, which is never a good color. It always indicates negative things. "There were bad guys dressed in black chasing me," is a line I hear all the time. "The woman was dressed in all black and sitting across the table from me," or "I had on a black sweater and was smoking a cigarette. But I don't smoke!" All these are parts of dreams I hear in my interpretation- world. Black means things like sin, lack, famine, poverty, disease, and the works of the demonic against us. Remember, in dreams, clothing worn next to the heart shows the motivation and attitude of the heart, so black clothing is always a negative symbol.
Every color and every shade has meaning. Orange, light blue, bright blue, dark blue, purple, burgundy, beige, brown, grass green, sage green, neon green...there are so many, too many for one post. I'll write some more next time. Until then, write your dreams and pay particular attention to the colors when you interpret them because they are one of the main keys to consider as you interpret your dreams.
What colors do you have in your dreams? Let us know in the comments.
Sweet dreams!
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