Color White Quotes

“There was something in the color white that resembled silence. Both were emptied of life.”
― Elif Shafak, The Bastard of Istanbul

“Everything was white. The pale wood floor. The white velvet sofa. The long raw-silk curtains. The flawless walls. It was spectacularly impractical for a public vessel–deliberately so, I had to assume.”
― Ruth Ware, The Woman in Cabin 10

“The entire town comes together in comradery for the Blood Moon, with most shops giving away free gifts to everyone who passes by. Clair De Lune Bakery passes out lychee mooncakes, reminding me of my childhood celebrating the Lunar New Year. Petals Tea Shop hands out sachets of white peony tea and jasmine blossoms. Luna's Love Shack tosses free ribbons out at the front of the store, embroidered with metallic stars and moonflowers. A French restaurant, La Vie en Rose, offers moon water in polished wine glasses to anyone who stops to look at their menu. Some flower stands even hand out moonflowers for free instead of selling them.”
― Kiana Krystle, Dance of the Starlit Sea

“Rapunzel raises her hands palms out and hooks her thumbs together. “I need you to keep an eye out for white seashells connected at the middle like this. They almost look like butterflies.”
“For… souvenirs?” he falters.
“For paint. The powdered shell makes an iridescent white pigment that mixes better than chalk powder, has higher opacity than zinc white, and doesn’t slowly poison you like lead white.”
“White paint is poisonous?”
“Lead paint,” Rapunzel says cheerfully. “Any color, it’ll all kill you.”
After a beat, Eugene says with perplexed affection, “You frighten me.”
― Margaret Owen, Rootbound: A Tangled Novel