WHITE: means many things to many people...

Ultimate Light:
White is purity, cleanliness, and innocence. Like black, white goes well with almost any color.

Nature of White:
To the human eye, white is a brilliant color that can cause headaches for some. Too much bright white can be blinding.

Culture of White:
In most Western countries white is the color for brides. In the East, it's the color for mourning and funerals. White is often associated with hospitals, especially doctors, nurses, and dentists. Some cultures viewed white as the color of royalty or of dieties. Angels are typically depicted as wearing white. In early Westerns the good guy wore white while the bad guy wore black.

Using White:
In most cases white is seen as a neutral background color and other colors, even when used in smaller proportion, are the colors that convey the most meaning in a design. Use white to signify cleanliness or purity or softness. Use of white on white is as bold as use of a rainbow of bright bold colour!

Language of White:
The use of white in familiar phrases can help a designer see how their color of choice might be perceived by others, both the positive and negative aspects.

Good white -

White as the driven snow - pure, clean, innocent
White elephant - rare, valuable but perhaps unwanted
White knight - someone who comes to another person's rescue, someone perceived as being good, noble
White list - list of good or acceptable items
White sale - sale of sheets, towels, other linens
Pearly white - teeth, especially very white teeth

Bad white -

Whitewash - cover up, conceal
Whiteout - zero visibility
White flag - surrender
White lightning - moonshine, illegal whiskey
White elephant - rare, valuable but perhaps unwanted
White knuckle - something that is fast, exciting, or frightening

White Words:
These words are synonymous with white or represent various shades of the color white: Snow, pearl, chalk, milk, lily, smoke, linen, ghost, alabaster, paper, whitewash.

White on white is extraordinary - please take time to revel in their purity, clarity and light... [link]

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Thank you to all of you whose work I've featured here - [link]
You are all so incredibly gifted and I will thank you all individually...

Kat


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