Hello OO posters!
I hope I have posted this in the right section. If not, moderators please move me to the right one.
My question pertains to Coptic iconography: I have noticed that in Coptic icons, both older frescoes (such as the Pantocrator at St. Anthony's Monastery in Egypt) and newer icons of Christ (in the neo-Coptic style) white often seems to be used for His inner robe and red for the outer one, whereas the EO iconographic tradition uses blue and red.
So, my question to you is: what exactly do these colours symbolise and for what reason do the OO's and EO's use different colours for what (please correct me if I am wrong) seems to be the same symbolism (divinity and humanity)?
(Edited for clarity)
I hope I haven't confused you too much. All answers are greatly appreciated. :]
Sleepyhead