Is the White a color?

Question

I am always hearing white isnt a color! Is it true?

Answer 1

White is the color of things that reflect light of all parts of the visible spectrum equally and are not dull (see grey).

The color (more accurately, it contains all the colors of the visible spectrum and is sometimes described as an achromatic color, like black) that has high brightness but zero hue. The impression of white light can be created by mixing (via a process called "additive mixing") appropriate intensities of the primary color spectrum: red, 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).

In nature, the color white results when transparent fibers, particles, or droplets are in a transparent matrix of a substantially different refractive index. Examples include classic "white" substances such as sugar, foam, pure sand or snow, cotton, clouds, milk, etc. Crystal boundaries and imperfections can also make otherwise transparent materials white, as in the case of milky quartz or the microcrystalline structure of a seashell. This is also true for artificial paints and pigments, where the color white results when finely divided transparent material of a high refractive index is suspended in a contrasting binder. Typically paints contain calcium carbonate and/or synthetic rutile with no other pigments if a white color is desired.

Answer 2

Yes its true white represents the complete absence of color while black is the combination of all colors. That does not stop Crayola from making a white crayon there is no one on earth who could fault you for calling white a color what is the option to say ah I think I will wear the shirt with the complete absence of color today get it. And by the way a tomato is considered a fruit and not a vegetable go figure.

Answer 3

Yes its true white represents the complete absence of color while black is the combination of all colors.

Answer 4

White is the presence of light in all visible frequencies; that is, it is all colors. Any physicist will tell you this, and almost any artist will say it's just the opposite.

Answer 5

Actually when you are talking about light, white light is comprised of all other light waves in the spectrum. When the entire spectrum of light hits your eye, you see white. Each color is actually the light wave reflected to your eye. Black is the absence of light.

Paints, dyes, crayons and other things use different techniques to make the white color.

Answer 6

White is the absence of color. However, we think of it as a color because we use it as a descriptor as we do with other "color" words. For example, if I say, "Hand me some paper, please," and you ask me what color, it would be appropriate for me to answer, "White." But in terms of the color spectrum, white represents the absence of color.

Answer 7

No white is not a color. White is the absence of color.

Answer 8

white is a shade, not a color

Answer 9

It used to be years ago. now it seems that black dominates just because of white being white

Answer 10

Technically, it's a lack of color. However, most people think of it as a color.