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White is the lightest shade of {{gray|Tropes}}, being a combination of all wavelengths of visible light combining into the one lightest color. In the West, it can symbolize life and good. In Asia, white often symbolizes death. It also [[WhiteIsPure symbolizes purity and cleanliness]], as the color white betrays nearly any stain, and its pure whiteness is also a symbol of pure cleanliness. In human society, the color white is also a symbolic designation for [[WhiteIndex the lightest superficial human skin complexions]] [[RaceTropes and their social meaning]] -- though these complexions more often look pink or light beige than pure white. Sometimes [[UnfortunateImplications more insidiously]], "white" refers not only to lightness of skin, but to being of Caucasoid descent -- other similarly light-skinned peoples of predominantly non-Caucasoid descent are more likely to be excluded from this definition.

White is the lightest shade of {{gray|Tropes}}, being a combination of all wavelengths of visible light combining into the one lightest color. In the West, it can symbolize life and good. In Asia, white often symbolizes death. It also symbolizes purity and cleanliness, as the color white betrays nearly any stain, and its pure whiteness is also a symbol of pure cleanliness. In human society, the color white is also a symbolic designation for [[WhiteIndex the lightest superficial human skin complexions]] [[RaceTropes and their social meaning]] -- though these complexions more often look pink or light beige than pure white. Sometimes [[UnfortunateImplications more insidiously]], "white" refers not only to lightness of skin, but to being of Caucasoid descent -- other similarly light-skinned peoples of predominantly non-Caucasoid descent are more likely to be excluded from this definition.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[-''Sita and Sarita'', Cecilia Beaux (1921)-]]]

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This index includes any tropes that literally or symbolically invoke the color white, including Race Tropes. Remember the Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment.

* AlbinosAreFreaks
* BlankWhiteVoid
* EternallyPearlyWhiteTeeth
* EtherealWhiteDress
* FadeToWhite
* FairytaleWeddingDress (white being the standard color for this trope)
* FatSweatySouthernerInAWhiteSuit
* GayGroomInAWhiteTux
* GoldAndWhiteAreDivine
* LightIsGood
* LightIsNotGood
* MysticalWhiteHair
* TheRichHaveWhiteStuff
* VillainInAWhiteSuit
* VirginInAWhiteDress
* WhiteAndRedAndEerieAllOver
* WhiteBunny
* WhiteGloves
* WhiteHairBlackHeart
* WhiteMaskOfDoom
* WhiteShirtOfDeath
* WhiteStallion
* WhiteVoidRoom
* WhiteWolvesAreSpecial

* EvilAlbino

* HeroicAlbino

* ManInWhite

* WomanInWhite

* HeroicAlbino

* BlankWhiteEyes

* DreamingOfAWhiteChristmas

* ProphetEyes

* SeekerWhiteBloodCells

* WhiteMagic
** WhiteMage
** WhiteMagicianGirl

This index includes any tropes that literally or symbolically invoke the color white, including Race Tropes. Remember the RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment.