Colors: White

5 Comments
1] In China and Japan, white represents death and sickness.
2] White paint can come from zinc, chalk, barium or rice.
3] The greatest of whites is made of lead, which is often used as a primer to prepare before painting.
4] White paint is white because it reflects most light rays away from it.
5] Pliny wrote a formula of how to create lead paint; acid plus metal equals paint.

4 Questions
1] Why was some white paint made with manure?
2] Why was white paint so poisonous?
3] Why was white paint used for makeup? Wasn't it dangerous?
4] Why was lead exposure also known as "plumbism" or "saturnism"?

3 Vocabulary
1] Lethargy: the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic.
2] Assiduously: Constant in application or effort.
3] Biliously: Pertaining to bile or to an excess secretion of bile.

2 Literary Terms
1] "Lead exposure made women seem like etheral spirits, almost like angels." - Simile.
2] "In cave 428, there were pictures of enlightened beings who looked like joke skeletons in reverse." -Simile.

1 Overview Sentence
White paint is often viewed as a dangerous color, signifying death and sickness.