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White (often still referred to as Caucasian) is a racial classification of people generally used for those of mostly European ancestry.It is also a skin color specifier, although the definition can vary depending on context, nationality, ethnicity and point of view.
As the color that most symbolized harmony, blue was chosen as the color of the flags of the United Nations and the European Union. [2] [page needed] Surveys in the US and Europe show that blue is the color most commonly associated with harmony, faithfulness, confidence, distance, infinity, the imagination, cold, and occasionally with sadness. [3]
The meaning behind an awareness ribbon depends on its colors and pattern. Since many advocacy groups have adopted ribbons as symbols of support or awareness, ribbons, particularly those of a single color, some colors may refer to more than one cause. Some causes may be represented by more than one ribbon.
Kerb-stones in unionist and loyalist areas are often painted red, white and blue, [50] while in nationalist and republican areas kerb-stones may be painted green, white and orange, although this is a much less frequent occurrence. [51] Elements of both communities fly "their" flag from chimneys, tall buildings and lamp-posts on roads. [52]
Three Colours: White (French: Trois couleurs: Blanc, Polish: Trzy kolory: Biały) is a 1994 arthouse psychological comedy-drama film co-written, produced and directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] White is the second in the Three Colours trilogy , themed on the French Revolutionary ideals , following Blue and preceding Red .
When the white animal shows its sacred color there will be great changes upon the earth. The births in the early 1990s and 2000s of white buffalo calves were seen by indigenous Americans to be worrying portents. Arvol and many others interpret those changes to mean the current ecological crises taking place.
A white fallow deer (Dama dama) stag in Hellenthal, Germany. A white stag (or white hind for the female) is a white-colored red deer, elk, sika deer, chital, fallow deer, roe deer, white-tailed deer, black-tailed deer, reindeer, moose, or rusa, explained by a condition known as leucism that causes its hair and skin to lose its natural colour.
Human skin color ranges from the darkest brown to the lightest hues. Differences in skin color among individuals is caused by variation in pigmentation, which is the result of genetics (inherited from one's biological parents), exposure to the sun, disorders, or some combination thereof.