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Summary
white is a color[1]. white ranks in the top 1% of color entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,936 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: HTML4 named color[3]
- Subclass of: achromatic color[4]
- Commons category: White[5]
- Opposite of: black[6]
- SRGB color hex triplet: FFFFFF[7]
- Has part(s): red[8], orange[9], yellow[10], green[11], sky blue[12], blue[13], violet[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:White[15]
- OpenStreetMap tag: colour=white[16]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[18], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[19], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[20]
- Short name: W[21]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22]
- CSS color keyword: white[23]
- P14870: ont00000528[24]
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Outcome and Impact
Things named for white include Astana[25], a city or town[26], in Kazakhstan[27], founded in 1830[28]; silver[29], a chemical element[30]; white hole[31], an astronomical object type[32]; Belgorod[33], a city or town[34], in Russia[35], founded in 1596[36]; White Sea[37], a marginal sea[38], in Russia[39]; White Uno Gang[40], a criminal organization[41], in Italy[42], founded in 1987[43]; borax[44], a mineral species[45]; and Mount Haku[46], a volcano[47], in Japan[48].
Why It Matters
white has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] white is known by 87 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]
Entities named for white include Astana[25], a city or town[26], in Kazakhstan[27], founded in 1830[28]; silver[29], a chemical element[30]; white hole[31], an astronomical object type[32]; Belgorod[33], a city or town[34], in Russia[35], founded in 1596[36]; White Sea[37], a marginal sea[38], in Russia[39]; and White Uno Gang[40], a criminal organization[41], in Italy[42], founded in 1987[43].