white (wńt) n. 1. An achromatic color of maximum lightness, the complement or antagonist of black, the other extreme of the neutral gray series. Although typically a response to maximum stimulation, white appears always to depend upon contrast. 2. The white or nearly white part of something. 3. One that is white or nearly white. Caucasian. 4. Pale, colorless. 5. Incandescent. 6. Fair or fair-minded, honest. 7. Silvery and lustrous. 8. Clean, unsoiled, unmarked, unblemished. 9. Unsullied, pure. 10. Good, angelic, devoid of sin.
black (blâk) adj. 1. Being of the darkest achromatic visual value; producing or reflecting comparatively little light and having no predominant hue. 2. Having little or no light. 3. Belonging to an ethnic group having dark skin, esp. Negroid. 4. Dark in color. 5. Soiled, as from soot; dirty. 6. Evil; wicked. 7. Cheerless and depressing; gloomy. 8. Marked by anger or sullenness. 9. Attendant with disaster; calamitous. 10. Deserving of, indicating, or incurring censure or dishonor.
Every man carries a secret knowledge of himself, what he truly is, like a burden.