White

White

White is the color of pure snow or milk. It is the color of light that contains all of the wavelengths of the visible spectrum without absorption. It is the opposite of black.

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Famous quotes containing the word white:

    “Slow, slow, as a fish she came,
    Slow as a fish coming forward,
    Swaying in a long wave;
    Her skirts not touching a leaf,
    Her white arms reaching towards me.”
    —Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)

    “Everyone has left me
    except my muse,
    that good nurse.
    She stays in my hand,
    a mild white mouse.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “One revelation has been made to the Indian, another to the white man.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)