I hope the topic hasn't been exhausted too much. One of the things I thought about it class but didn't really get the chance to mention -- white is also the color of dress in the traditional images of God. White tends to be used in a lot of religious contexts as well.
In The Shadow Year, Mr. White is, in a way, playing God, if you will. He decides, apparently at random, who lives and who dies within the small town. I just thought that was another interesting correlation.
Also, here's a website with some historical and present significance of different colors. I thought it was rather interesting. Sorry, I can't do that cool link making thing...but I can copy and paste :)
http://www.socyberty.com/Folklore/Historical-Significance-of-Colors.77590
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As I was rereading The Graveyard Book for my paper, I noticed that the flowers that bloom in the Danse Macabre chapter are white. Gaiman uses the to mirror the dance itself and illustrate the life/death cycle. I don't know how this fits into everything else, but it is white.
ReplyDeleteThe best book on the cultural significance of the color white is Richard Dyer's White (London: Routledge, 1997).
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