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white; white color
The color white, used in formal, technical, or scientific contexts rather than everyday speech.
The formal, Sino-Japanese reading for white, composed of 白 (white) + 色 (color). Used in technical, scientific, and official descriptions. In everyday conversation, 白 or 白い is used instead. Common in compound terms and product descriptions.
Common collocations
- 白色光: white light
- 白色矮星: white dwarf (astronomy)
- 白色人種: white race (Caucasian)
- 白色テロ: White Terror (political purge)