Colors in Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was a civilization known for its rich culture and art. Color played a significant role in Ancient Egypt. The ancient Egyptians used a wide range of colors in their paintings, sculptures, and other art works. What do you think about joining our Egypt tours to discover the amazing Egyptian mythology stories? Each color had a specific meaning and symbolism in that time that you will discover during your Egypt day tours. In this blog, we will take a closer look and go in depth at the ancient Egyptian colors, we will explore the most popular color in ancient Egypt. If you are interested in discovering the history of Egypt, check out our Luxor day tours because it is the land of the Egyptian pharaohs.
What are the colors in Egyptian mythology ?
Experience our Egypt travel packages to the ancient Egyptians, they had a large palette of colors at their disposal such as: red, blue, green, yellow, black, and white. Each one of these colors had a specific meaning that you will discover during your Egypt Luxury tours and was used to express different emotions and ideas.
- Black: it is not a true color but the absence of light and is associated with death, the necropolis, and the mummy OSIRIS as ruler of the Netherworld was called “the black one.” Black was the color of the mortuary gods ANUBIS and Khanty-Amentu, and they were shown as jackals with black coats. I suggest joining our Egypt Classic tours to the temple of Karnak in Luxor, you will enjoy the sound and light show about many pharaohs such as Hours.
Blue was the color of infinity, the cosmos, and the sky. Amun was sometimes shown as blue, as a reminder of his association with the cosmos. Check our Blue beards, wigs, and crowns adorned the gods, and blue faience amulets were a favorite among the ancient Egyptians.
- Gold was “the skin of the gods,” the divine metal that never tarnished and symbolized eternal life in the next world. If you want another destination to discover secrets about pharaohs and get fun with many activities, book our Aswan day tours. It is a great nubian village, you will enjoy many things to do with philae and Edfu temple. Or if you love activities, book our felucca ride in Aswan.
- Green was the color of life, renewal, regeneration, and vegetation.OSIRIS, the god of resurrection, bore the title, “The Great Green.” Green meant good things. The sacred eye paint that adorned both priests and the statues of the gods was ground from green malachite, and the word meant joy. Join our Egypt Cultural tours to visit Osiris temple located in Abydos to discover the eternal love story between Isis and Osris.
- Red was both a positive and negative color. Red symbolized life, energy, and victory and was often the color chosen for magical amulets such as the Tet. A prayer in the pyramid texts includes the plea, let my bread be made of red grain to ensure that only the finest bread was available to the king in the next world. All these mythology stories will be relevant and Clear during your Egypt spiritual tours.
But red was also the color of the desert, the barren wasteland thought to be the domain of evil and the god Set. To do “red things” was bad, the antithesis of doing “green” or good things. Red was an expression of anger, and a person with a “red heart” was enraged.
- white the absence of color represented purity and sanctity, and it was used in the sacred name “the white wall,” the epithet for Memphis References were made to “white unguents” and “white sandals” used in religious rituals. The priests in the temples wore white linen garments, and the statues of the gods were dressed in fine white linen. Let's go to discover Memphis city that is included in our Cairo day tours.
Another popular color was yellow, yellow color was used to symbolize the sun, and the Pharaohs.
- Yellow color was often used in paintings and sculptures to represent the sun-god Ra, also it was used to decorate temples and other religious buildings in that time. Don't miss time and choose now your Egypt trips with Your Egypt tours to gain knowledge about Colors in Egyptian mythology.
