Is white boring? It is a colour both ancient and symbolic, which has carried meanings from purity to power for millennia. Now, it has become a modern design debate.
Behold, the colour of the year: white!
White choice: The Pantone Matching System standardises colour using numerical codes; it was created by a chemist in 1963, to solve inconsistencies in colour reproduction in the printing industry. Glossary
Dictator - A ruler who has total power, and has often taken power by force.
Accolade - An award, honour or privilege given to someone.
Hue - A colour term that refers to the basic, pure form of a colour — what we normally think of as “red,” “blue,” “green,” “yellow,” etc.
Dubbed - To give someone or something a name or title; to label or call.
Billowy - Full of soft, large, gentle waves; swelling or rolling outward like a cloud or fabric moved by air.
Imbued - Filled with, saturated with, or deeply infused with a particular quality, feeling, or idea.
Cacophony - A harsh or jarring mixture of sounds. The term originates from the Greek words kakos, meaning bad, and phone, meaning sound.
Primal - Something that relates to the origins of things or that is very basic.
Fundamental - Key.