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What color is the light?

Light colors: white, tin white, goose yellow, light pink, fruit green, pink green, light blue, lavender, etc.

In fine arts painting, furniture, fabric making, cosmetics and other industries, the excessive color lighter than the primary color is called light color, and the series of works and products created with excessive color and light color are called light color series.

Color is the visual perception of light through eyes, brain and our life experience. The light we see with the naked eye is produced by electromagnetic waves with narrow wavelength range, and electromagnetic waves with different wavelengths show different colors. The recognition of color is the visual nerve feeling produced by the naked eye under the stimulation of electromagnetic wave radiation energy.

Color has three characteristics, namely hue, lightness and saturation. The three characteristics of color and their relationship can be explained by color solid in three-dimensional space.

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White symbolizes the feeling of justice, purity, dignity, integrity, youth and transcendence.

White represents purity and symbolizes holiness and elegance. Western countries generally like white. Islam especially believes in white.

In China culture, white is a basic taboo word relative to red, which reflects China people's rejection and aversion to material and spirit. In China's ancient Five-Party Theory, the west is a white tiger, and the west is the autumn when Xingtian killed the gods. In ancient times, people often conquered injustice and executed prisoners in autumn. So white is a sign of exhaustion, bloodless and lifeless, symbolizing death and bad omen.

For example, since ancient times, after the death of a loved one, family members have to wear hemp Dai Xiao (white mourning clothes) to do "white things", set up a white mourning hall, and put up white banners when going to the funeral; In ancient times, white tigers were regarded as evil spirits, so women who brought bad luck to men were called "white tiger stars".

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-light color department