White

White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on television and computer screens is created by a mixture of red, blue, and green light. The color white can be given with white pigments, especially titanium dioxide.

In ancient Egypt and ancient Rome, priestesses wore white as a symbol of purity, and Romans wore white togas as symbols of citizenship. In the Middle Ages and Renaissance a white unicorn symbolized chastity, and a white lamb sacrifice and purity. It was the royal color of the kings of France as well as the flag of monachist France from 1815 to 1830, and of the monarchist movement that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917–1922). Greek temples and Roman temples were faced with white marble, and beginning in the 18th century, with the advent of neoclassical architecture, white became the most common color of new churches, capitols, and other government buildings, especially in the United States. 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. White is an important color for almost all world religions. The pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, has worn white since 1566, as a symbol of purity and sacrifice. In Islam, and in the Shinto religion of Japan, it is worn by pilgrims. In Western cultures and in Japan, white is the most common color for wedding dresses, symbolizing purity and virginity. In many Asian cultures, white is also the color of mourning. Provided by Wikipedia
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    El intelectual contra la ciudad. by White, Morton

    Published 1967
    Book
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    Sistemas de ordenamiento : introducción al proyecto arquitectónico / by White, Edward T.

    Published 1979
    Book
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    Introducción a la programación arquitectónica / by White, Edward T.

    Published 1979
    Book
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    Manual de conceptos de formas arquitectónicas. by White, Edward T.

    Published 1982
    Book
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    Vocabulario gráfico para la presentación arquitectónica / by White, Edward T.

    Published 1982
    Book
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    Clases de topografía / by White, Nicolás

    Published 1981
    Book
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    Teodolito : clases de topografía / by White, Nicolás

    Book
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    Elementos básicos del cálculo topográfico / by White, Nicolás

    Published 1984
    Book
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    Operaciones de planimetría sencilla / by White, Nicolás

    Published 1983
    Book
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    Clases de topografía : temas de los capítulos IV, V y VI / by White, Nicolás

    Published 1986
    Book
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    Manual de conceptos de formas arquitectónicas. by White, Edward T.

    Published 1993
    Book
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    Display & visual merchandising / by White, Ken

    Published 1996
    Other Authors: “…White, Frank…”
    Book
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    Clases de topografía : para estudiantes de arquitectura / by White, Nicolás

    Published 2007
    Book
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    Sistemas de ordenamiento. by White, Edward T.

    Published 1983
    Book
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    Introducción a la programación arquitectónica. by White, Edward T.

    Published 1979
    Book
  17. 17

    Manual de conceptos de formas arquitectónicas. by White, Edward T.

    Published 1993
    Book
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    Clases de topografía para estudiantes de arquitectura : clases nº V, VI, VII y VIII / by White, Nicolás

    Published 1992
    Book
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    Internal Migration, Identity and Livelihood Strategies in Contemporary Russia / by White, Anne

    Article
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    El texto histórico como artefacto literario / by White, Hayden

    Published 2003
    Book