Color in the bible

Question 1

Of the dust of the ground, first mention of color

Answer 1

Genesis 2:7 “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”

Question 2

They are black unto the ground

Answer 2

Jeremiah 14:2 “Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.”

Question 3

my skin is black upon me

Answer 3

Job 30:30 “My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.”

Question 4

I am black

Answer 4

Song of Solomon 1:5 “I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.”

Question 5

Their visage is blacker

Answer 5

Lamentations 4:7-8 “Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:” v8 “Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.”

Question 6

our skin was black

Answer 6

Lamentations 5:10 “Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.”