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It was also widely used in 20th century modern architecture as a symbol of modernity and simplicity. According to surveys in Europe and the United States, white is the color most often associated with perfection, the good, honesty, cleanliness, the beginning, the new, neutrality, and exactitude. [3]
Today, mourning or death is symbolized by white in East Asia, black in the US, and blue in Iran, while happiness is symbolized by white in Australia and NZ, and yellow in China.
A white flag displayed during the Ottoman surrender of Jerusalem to the British on 9 December 1917. The white flag is an internationally recognized protective sign of truce or ceasefire, and for negotiation. It is also used to symbolize surrender, since it is often the weaker party that requests negotiation.
White ( 白, bái) corresponds with metal among the wuxing and represents gold [dubious – discuss ] and symbolizes brightness, purity, and fulfillment. [citation needed] White is also the traditional color of mourning. [6]
The white feather is a widely recognised propaganda symbol. [1] [2] It has, among other things, represented cowardice or conscientious pacifism; as in A. E. W. Mason's 1902 book The Four Feathers. In Britain during the First World War it was often given to males out of uniform by women to shame them publicly into signing up.
The contrast of white and black ( light and darkness, day and night) has a long tradition of metaphorical usage, traceable to the Ancient Near East, and explicitly in the Pythagorean Table of Opposites . In Western culture as well as in Confucianism, the contrast symbolizes the moral dichotomy of good and evil .
Liturgical colours are specific colours used for vestments and hangings within the context of Christian liturgy. The symbolism of violet, blue, white, green, red, gold, black, rose and other colours may serve to underline moods appropriate to a season of the liturgical year or may highlight a special occasion.
As part of its legendary dimension, the white horse in myth may be depicted with seven heads ( Uchaishravas) or eight feet ( Sleipnir ), sometimes in groups or singly. There are also white horses which are divinatory, who prophesy or warn of danger.
White is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the human eye in equal amounts and with high brightness compared to the surroundings. A white visual stimulation will be void of hue and grayness. White is the lightest possible color.
White identity is the objective or subjective state of perceiving oneself as a white person and as relating to being white. White identity has been researched in data and polling, historically and in social sciences.