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Culture of White:
In most Western countries white is the color for brides. In the East, it's the color for mourning and funerals. White is often associated with hospitals, especially doctors, nurses, and dentists. Some cultures viewed white as the color of royalty or of dieties. Angels are typically depicted as wearing white. In early Westerns the good guy wore white while the bad guy wore black.

White around the globe

* White is the traditional color worn by brides in the western world, as well as in Japan.

* White is a color of mourning in China and parts of Africa.

* It was the custom for the Queens of France to wear deuil blanc or "white mourning"

* White was the color of deepest mourning among medieval European queens was white rather than black. This tradition survived in Spain until the end of the fifteenth century.

* In Chinese culture, colors corresponded with the five primary elements, the directions, and the four seasons. White was associated with metal, west, and autumn.

* A white flag is universally recognized as a symbol of truce.

* The Japanese have six distinct terms to define whiteness.

* The ancient Greeks wore white to bed to ensure pleasant dreams.

Religious & mythological associations with white

* In Christianity, a white lily represents the Madonna.

* On Yom Kippur the Grand Rabbi dresses in white to restore an amiicable relationship between God and his people.

* In the Bible, white represents the color of light and is an emblem of the divine.

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