color

White

Colors & materials

The color of bone, linen, and many stones. Purity, mourning, and festival have all used white without a single rule.

  • White is associated with Bone.

    Bone is pale. The color-name is material before it is a purity code.

    associated with · interpretive · documented

  • White is associated with Rite.

    Linen and pale garments appear in more than one rite of seeing or burying. Each dress code is local.

    associated with · interpretive · culturally specific

  • White is associated with Veil.

    A pale cloth can be a veil. Covering and color are etiquette before they are a metaphor of innocence.

    associated with · interpretive · culturally specific