Matsyapurana 113.38

113.38

nānāvarṇaḥ sa pārśveṣu pūrvānte śveta ucyate
pītaṃ tu dakṣiṇaṃ tasya bhṛṅgipattranibhaṃ param
uttaraṃ tasya raktaṃ vai iti varṇasamanvitaḥ //

There are different colours on its sides: on the east it is white, on the south, it is yellow, on the west, it is like the wing of the black-bees, on the north, it is red. These are the different colours.—38.