Every color holds emotion and can be leveraged in worship services and events to create more engaging environments and invoke feelings. Here is a list of different colors and their associated meaning.
Blue
- Cool color
- The most popular color in the world
- Sky and sea
- Heaven
- Depth and stability
- Trust, loyalty, wisdom and confidence
- Calming
- Grace and peace
- River of life
- Holy spirit
Yellow and Gold
- Warm color
- Sunny and bright
- Cheeriness
- Optimism
- Fun and happy
- Bright and lively
- God’s kingship and glory
- Refining fire and celebration
Red
- Warm color
- Consuming fire and heat
- Energy, strength and power
- Passion, desire and love
- Blood of Christ
- Emotionally intense
- High visibility
- Courage
- Forgiveness and salvation
Orange
- Warm color
- Combines the energy of red and the happiness of yellow
- Joy and sunshine
- Enthusiasm, creativity and encouragement
- Very hot color and provokes heat
- Not as aggressive as red
- High visibility and can catch attention
- Harvest and fruitfulness
- Revival
Green
- Cool color
- Freshness and harmony
- Revitalization and restoration
- Healing, health and wellness
- Eco friendly and natural
- Growth, life and new beginnings
- Prosperity
Purple
- Cool color
- Stability of blue and energy of red
- Wealth, luxury and inheritance
- Royalty and majesty
- Authority
- Power, nobility and independence
- Creativity and mystery
Black
- Absence of color
- Power and authority
- Darkness and death
- Quietness
- Stillness
- Sin and bondage
White
- Purity and beauty
- Salvation and redemption
- Surrender to God
- Holy Spirt
- Awakening
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