Comments on: What colour robe did the soldiers put on Jesus, scarlet or purple? http://www.errancy.com/what-colour-robe/ Does the Bible contain contradictions or errors? Biblical inerrancy examined. Wed, 07 Sep 2011 04:23:00 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: WisdomLover http://www.errancy.com/what-colour-robe/comment-page-1/#comment-181 WisdomLover Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:51:59 +0000 http://www.errancy.com/?p=62#comment-181 An expansion on response 1: Purple dye was extracted from a gland in a sea snail. The color produced by the dye is called <em>Tyrian Purple</em> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0137;query=chapter%3D%23471;layout=;loc=9.63" rel="nofollow">Pliny</a> describes Tyrian Purple as being the best "when it has exactly the colour of clotted blood, and is of a blackish hue to the sight, but of a shining appearance when held up to the light; hence it is that we find Homer speaking of "purple blood."" So purple can be the color of blood. Pliny also notes that "The tint that inclines to red is looked upon as inferior to that which is of a blackish hue". Chances are very good that the Roman soldiers who tormented Christ did not have an extremely high quality purple robe, so it <em>was</em> probably redder in color. As a final note, the RGB color coordinates of Medium Tyrian Purple are (153, 0, 36), which is quite red (it is alternately referred to as Tyrian Red). An expansion on response 1:

Purple dye was extracted from a gland in a sea snail. The color produced by the dye is called Tyrian Purple

Pliny describes Tyrian Purple as being the best “when it has exactly the colour of clotted blood, and is of a blackish hue to the sight, but of a shining appearance when held up to the light; hence it is that we find Homer speaking of “purple blood.”"

So purple can be the color of blood.

Pliny also notes that “The tint that inclines to red is looked upon as inferior to that which is of a blackish hue”. Chances are very good that the Roman soldiers who tormented Christ did not have an extremely high quality purple robe, so it was probably redder in color.

As a final note, the RGB color coordinates of Medium Tyrian Purple are (153, 0, 36), which is quite red (it is alternately referred to as Tyrian Red).

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