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Color:
White


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Colors with the same hue:
Black
Pitch
Pitch Black
Soot Black
Deep Space Black
Phantom Black
Eerie black
Tar
Iron Black
Coal Black
Coal
Asphalt Gray
Jet
Hematite
Tungsten
Smalt 
Philippine blue
Royal azure
Soot
Egyptian blue
Nearby colors:
Stark White
Off-White
Cultured
White smoke
Zebra White
Luminous White
Marble White
Shell
Ethereal White
Ghost white
Mercury
Whisper
Magnolia
Chrome
Gainsboro
Sparkling Silver
Light silver
Stainless Steel
Arctic Silver
Lavender 
Words evoked by this color:
gesso,  6,500,  blanc,  blanco,  egret,  niveous,  blanca,  cocaine,  whiteout,  nival,  wight,  scleral,  leukocyte,  dentition,  incisor,  molar,  albumen,  sclera,  tooth,  teeth,  snowy,  dental,  gypsum,  alumina,  spackle,  ejaculate,  flour,  bleach,  lard,  whitewash,  ejaculation,  semen,  garlic,  whit,  albino,  sperm,  tofu,  receipts,  hydroxyapatite,  ceiling,  unadulterated,  purely,  unsullied,  pure,  purest,  purer,  snaw,  bloodless,  paque,  sheet
Literary analysis:
In literature, white is employed as a vivid color that carries a range of symbolic and descriptive meanings. Authors use white not only to evoke images of purity and serenity—as seen in descriptions of white silk garments [1], white lilies [2], and gleaming white buildings [3]—but also to illustrate emotional states, such as the pale, fear-stricken faces of characters [4, 5] or the death-white hands that convey a sense of finality [6]. Natural elements and objects are frequently rendered in white to evoke contrasts and accentuate clarity, as in the white sheets of cascading water [7] or the delicate white flower that symbolizes both light and fragility [8]. In these varied contexts, white becomes a versatile literary tool that enhances both the visual imagery and the emotional depth of the narrative.
  1. The Emperor did not appear to advantage in his white silk tights and stockings, and seemed tired and bored.
    — from The Comedy & Tragedy of the Second Empire Paris Society in the Sixties; Including Letters of Napoleon III., M. Pietri, and Comte de la Chapelle, and Portraits of the Period by Edward Legge
  2. T here is a garden in her face, Where roses and white lilies grow; A heavenly paradise is that place.
    — from Language of Flowers by Kate Greenaway
  3. The white buildings gleamed in the morning light.
    — from The Bride of Mission San José: A Tale of Early California by John Augustine Cull
  4. “I never thought to see you again,” said her father, looking at Rachel with a face that was still white and scared.
    — from The Ghost Kings by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard
  5. The old servant said nothing until we were in the hall, but her face was white with fear.
    — from The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle by Richard Washburn Child
  6. They stuck out at right angles, seeming to transfix the rigid, death-white hands.
    — from The Messenger by Elizabeth Robins
  7. Before he reached his journey’s end, the sweeping deluge of a thunder storm came down upon those uplands, in white sheets of falling water.
    — from The Laird of Norlaw; A Scottish Story by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
  8. "The small white flower, it is our bane!"
    — from Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Herman Melville


Colors associated with the word:
Ivory
Cream
Pearl
Alabaster
Eggshell
Bone
Chalk
Frost
Linen
Seashell
Smoke
Porcelain
Opal
Moonstone
Cloud
Words with similar colors:
faire,  impeccable,  perfectly,  velum,  whitish,  whyte,  whiter,  impearled,  alabaster,  whither,  conceived,  silkworm,  calamari,  smallest,  reverently,  pristine,  sake,  swan,  chaste,  alba


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