White is not a mere absence of color; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as black.
White is associated with purity because the entire spectrum is functioning in unity and there is no stain.
White... is not a mere absence of color; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as black.
The white sails of the ship gleamed in the moonlight.