What's Your Colour?

WHITE

To the human eye, white is a brilliant colour that can cause headaches for some. Too much bright white can be blinding.

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

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 colour white.

Snow, pearl, antique white, ivory, chalk, milk white, lily, smoke, seashell, old lace, cream, linen, ghost white, beige, corn silk, alabaster, paper, whitewash.

What's Your Colour?

 

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