White, Blanc, Hvid

 

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WHITE

The absence of color.

All colors together in equal parts.

Depending on what kind of WHITE

and who researched it,

WHITE can be either of the above.

gwyn - the word ‘white’ in Welsh

Vintage purse, Pinterest 

e bardhe - Albanian

WHITE

A color that can symbolize

Perfection 

Purity

Innocence 

Posted by R C, Pinterest 

Zsa Zsa Bellagio, wedding dress

Walter Crane, 1905

bianca - Italian

Yellowstone, USA; photo cred: Anita Erdmann

WHITE

Western cultures associate with weddings

(New Beginnings)

dawb - Hmong

wit - Afrikaans

bijeli - Croatian

WHITE

In psychological terms, can mean

Wholeness 

A sense of Completion

zuria  - Basque

branco - Portuguese 

WHITE

In other cultures it is associated with

Death and Mourning

putih - Malay 

Olga Edina; photo cred: Casanova Sorolla

blanco - Spanish

vit - Swedish

WHITE

an equal balance of all colors on the spectrum

balts - Latvian

April, 2021

WHITE

at it’s lightest color

has no hue

and is called

Achromatic 

hvid - Danish

Jellyfish, Pinterest 

blanc - French

Dorid nudibranch, Antarctica; photo cred: Norbert Wu

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“I used to be Snow White,

but I drifted.”

- Mae West

‘Til next time,

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