TM

Look around you. Do you see bright, puffy clouds? A glass of milk? Falling snowflakes? A fancy white dress?The color white is found in nature, in

clothing, at home, and in many other places. Read this book and become an

expert at spotting white everywhere!

Sterling L

er

ne

r

Learn about the colors you see all around you in the Colors everywhere series—part of the Lightning Bolt BooksTM collection. With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt BooksTM bring nonfiction topics to life!

Colors everywhereBlack Everywhere Blue Everywhere Red Everywhere Silver and Gold Everywhere White Everywhere Yellow Everywhere

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sLerner Publications Company

Minneapolis

Kristin Sterling

To my friends,

with love

Copyright © 2010 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.

All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Sterling, Kristin. White everywhere / by Kristin Sterling. p. cm. — (Lightning bolt booksTM—Colors everywhere) Includes index. ISBN 978-0-7613-4592-3 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) 1. White—Juvenile literature. 2. Colors—Juvenile literature. I. Title. QC495.5.S748 2010 535.6—dc22 2009017952

Manufactured in the United States of America1 — BP — 12/15/09

eISBN: 978-0-7613-5950-0

Contents

Glossarypage

30

Indexpage

32

Further Readingpage

31

How We See C0lor

page

28

Color Blindness

page

29

page

23WhiteLoves Whitney

page

4Color WhiteThe

page

14A Passion for Paint

page

19Meaning The of White

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ColorTheWhite

Do you like clean, simple colors? Many people like the color white.

This mother and daughter are wrapped in a fuzzy white blanket.

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White things can be found in nature. Let’s see if we can find a few!

Tulips come in many colors, including white.

6

You can find white eggs on a farm. Baby chicks hatch from them.

7

White clouds float through the bright blue sky.

What shapes do you see?

8

Cauliflower is a white vegetable. You can eat it for dinner.

9

You can grow white flowers in a garden.

These flowers are called lilies.

10

White doves are released at some weddings. They are symbols of love, faith, and peace.

11

You can play in newly fallen snow. It covers the ground like a white blanket.

Fluffy white snow makes a soft cushion for playing outside or skiing.

12

People also make things that are white. You can doodle on white paper.

13

Teachers write on white dry-erase boards in classrooms.

Does your classroom or school have dry-erase boards?

14

PassionAfor Paint

Do you like to paint? Artists use white paint to make many colors.You can try it too!

15

Blend white paint with other colors. You will make lighter shades of those colors.

16

A dollop of white in purple paint will create a soft lilac color. White mixed with blue makes sky blue.

White combined with red makes the color pink. A smidge of white in orange paint makes a lovely shade of peach.

17

18

19

Theof White

Meaning

Many important public buildings are white. The White House in Washington, D.C., is the home of the U.S. president.

How do you feel about the color white?

20

White can make you feel that everything is clean and in order. Doctors and dentists wear white coats partly for this reason.

This doctor is about to give her patient a shot.

21

Brides often wear white dresses when they get married. The color stands for hope and innocence.

22

Some people feel that white is a holy color. Angels wear white in many religious paintings.

Many girls wear white when they celebrate their First Communion.

23

LovesWhite

Whitney

Whitney loves the color white.

24

She

has a

white guinea pig

named Snowy.

A guinea pig may be all one color or several colors. Its fur may be white, black, brown, tan, or cream.

25

She

has a

white guinea pig

named Snowy.

She has a white computer, white furniture, and white clothes.

26

What is

your favorite color?

She feels rested and relaxed in her white bed.

27

What is

your favorite color?

28

How We See Color

• Light comes from the sun. Sunlight contains all the colors of a rainbow.

• Light can be reflected or absorbed. When it is reflected, it bounces off. When it is absorbed, it soaks in.

• Some things reflect all colors of light into your eyes. These things look white.

• An apple looks red because it reflects red light into your eyes. All of the other colors are absorbed.

• Oranges absorb every color except orange. Bananas absorb every color except yellow.

• Your eyes see only the colors that are reflected off an object.

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People do not always see colors in the same way. Some people can’t see all the colors in the rainbow. Reds and greens look the same to them. These people are color blind. Color blindness is more common in men than in women. Color blindness can be checked with a simple test.

A person without color blindness can see the number in this circle. Look closely. Do you see a 5?

A person who is color blind would not be able to see it. The number would appear the same color as other dots in the circle.

BlindnessColor

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Glossarydollop: a little bit

doodle: to make a little drawing

experiment: to try something out in different ways

innocence: the state of being pure and harmless

release: to set free

religious: part of an organized faith

shade: the darkness of a color

symbol: something that stands for something else

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Further ReadingBrown, Margaret Wise. The Color Kittens. New York: Random House, 2009.

Color Roundup http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/superdoit/color_round_up.html

Macaulay, David. Black and White. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990.

Sterling, Kristin. Black Everywhere. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, 2010.

White: Enchanted Learning http://www.enchantedlearning.com/colors/white.shtml

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Indexbrides, 21

cauliflower, 8clouds, 7

doctors and dentists, 20doves, 10dry-erase boards, 13

eggs, 6

First Communion, 22flowers, 5, 9

guinea pig, 24

lilies, 9

paint, 14–18paper, 12

seeing colors, 28–29snow, 11

White House, 19

Photo AcknowledgmentsThe images in this book are used with the permission of: © Dale Wilson/Photographer's Choice RF/Getty Images, p. 1 ; © Hans Neleman/Stone/Getty Images, p. 2; © Marcy Maloy/Digital Vision/Getty Images, p. 4; © N.a. Planken/Dreamstime.com, p. 5; © Christian Draghici/Dreamstime.com, p. 6; © Spike Mafford/Stone/Getty Images, p. 7; © Marta Johnson, pp. 8, 18; © Marlene Ford/Dreamstime.com, p. 9; © Peter Treanor/Alamy, p. 10; © John Kelly/Digital Vision/Getty Images, p. 11 ; © ZOOM (187) Education-Arts/Imagemore/Getty Images, p. 12; © Yellow Dog Productions/Digital Vision/Getty Images, p. 13; © Hill Creek Pictures/SuperStock, p. 14; © iStockphoto.com/Chris Rose, p. 15; © Ian O’Leary/Dorling Kindersley/Getty Images, p. 16; © Elisabeth Coelfen Stills/Alamy, p. 17; © iStockphoto.com/James Group Studios, p. 19; © Monkey Business Images/Dreamstime.com, p. 20; © Ron Chapple Studios/Dreamstime.com, p. 21 ; © Digital Vision/Getty Images, p. 22; © Stockbyte/Getty Images, pp. 23, 25; © Susan Pettitt/Dreamstime.com, p. 24; © Robert Nolan/Dreamstime.com, p. 26; © michelleannb/Shutterstock Images, p. 27; © Anatoliy Samara/Dreamstime.com, p. 28; © Dorling Kindersley/Getty Images, p. 29; © Kevin RL Hanson/DK Stock/Getty Images, p. 30.

Cover: © Christopher Ewing/Dreamstime.com (dove); © Alistair Scott/Dreamstime.com (rabbit) ; © Petros Tsonis/Dreamstime.com (flower); © William Trethaway/Dreamstime.com (milk); © Péter Gudella/Dreamstime.com (T-shirt) ; © Todd Strand/Independent Picture Service (paint strips) .

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Look around you. Do you see bright, puffy clouds? A glass of milk? Falling snowflakes? A fancy white dress?The color white is found in nature, in

clothing, at home, and in many other places. Read this book and become an

expert at spotting white everywhere!

Sterling L

er

ne

r

Learn about the colors you see all around you in the Colors everywhere series—part of the Lightning Bolt BooksTM collection. With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt BooksTM bring nonfiction topics to life!

Colors everywhereBlack Everywhere Blue Everywhere Red Everywhere Silver and Gold Everywhere White Everywhere Yellow Everywhere