White

is a , green and blue, but it must be noted that the illumination provided by this technique has significant differences from that produced by incandescence (see below). On a browser that supports visual formatting in Cascading_Style_Sheets, the following box should appear in this color:

Paint

In painting, white can be created by reflecting ambient light from a white pigment. White when mixed with black produces gray.

White Light

Until Newton's work became accepted, most scientists believed that white was the fundamental color of light; and that other colors were formed only by adding something to light. Newton demonstrated that white was formed by combining the other colors. In the science of lighting, there is a continuum of colors of light that can be called "white". One set of colors that deserve this description are the colors emitted, via the process called ''incandescence'', by a black_body at various relatively-high temperatures. For example, the color of a black_body at a temperature of 2848 Kelvins matches that produced by domestic incandescent light_bulbs. It is said that "the ''color_temperature'' of such a light bulb is 2848 K". The white light used in theatre illumination has a color_temperature of about 3200 K. Daylight has a nominal color_temperature of 5400 K (called ''equal energy white''), but can vary from a cool red up to a bluish 25,000 K. Not all black body radiation can be considered white light: the background radiation of the universe, to name an extreme example, is only a few kelvins and is quite invisible.

Standard Whites

Standard whites are often defined with reference to the International_Commission_on_Illumination's (CIE's) chromaticity diagram. These are the D series of standard illuminants. Illuminant D65, originally corresponding to a color temperature of 6,500 K, is taken to represent standard daylight.

Computers

Computer_displays often have a color temperature control, allowing the user to select the color temperature (usually from a small set of fixed values) of the light emitted when the computer produces the electrical signal corresponding to "white". The RGB coordinates of white are 255 255 255.

Usage, symbolism, colloquial expressions

The term ''white'' is often used in the USA to denote "race" for so-called Caucasian people, i.e. people of European/West-Asian descent with light skin_color, whose skin_color actually ranges from pink to pale brown, and overlaps with some people that might be classified as "black". For more details, see Whites.

White_noise, in acoustics, is a sibilant sound that is often a nuisance, although it can also be deliberately created for test purposes.

Whitewash, figuratively, means an attempt to obscure the truth by issuing a blanket of lies. See propaganda.

Whiteout is a weather condition in which visibility is reduced and surface definition lost in snowy environments.

In Chinese tradition, white is the color of mourning, death, and ghosts.

White is the traditional color of bridal dress in both western (/European) and Japanese weddings.

White is often associated with Conservatism, particularly in the years following World_War_I, with Civil Wars fought between "Reds" and "Whites", for instance the Civil War in Russia and the Civil_War_in_Finland.

A white flag is a parliamentary (or "parley"?) flag, to signify that an approaching negotiator is unarmed, but can also signify surrender.

Color coordinates

RGB:

R: 255

G: 255

B: 255

CMYK:

C: 0

M: 0

Y: 0

K: 0

HSV:

H: 0

S: 0

V: 100 hex_triplet:#FFFFFF ----

White in Heraldry

Arthur Charles Fox-Davies has argued that white can be considered a tincture in heraldry separate from its use to represent argent, and in fact the labels borne on the arms, crests and supporters of members of the British Royal Family other than the reigning sovereign are invariably shown as white.

People Whose Surname Is White

Frank_D._White, Governor_of_Arkansas

Horace_White, Governor_of_New_York

Jack_White

Meg_White ----

Other definitions

White is also a video game character. See White (video game character).

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