Color White Has Dark Past

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Ironically, before white became the symbol of wealth and cleanliness, black was a commonplace color that evoked royalty and power. For a color, white holds a lot of symbolic influence in many western cultures as emblematic of goodness and purity but its path to power is a pretty dark tale.

The Color White Has a Dark Past

From race to wealth to cleanliness, the color's connotations have a long history

SMITHSONIANMAG.COM|BY DANNY LEWIS