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Ivory vs. White

While drawing or painting something we select the colors of our choice, some of them seem vastly different from each other while others are similar with few variations, white color is such that many closely related types of that color have originated and it gets difficult to keep track of them. Ivory gets defined as a hard white substance that is creamy and substance composed of the main part of the tusks of an elephant. On the other hand, White gets defined mostly as of the color of milk or fresh snow, due to the reflection of all visible rays of light.

Key Differences

People who have brighter skin prefer to wear white color a lot whereas people that have paler skin prefer to wear ivory color a lot.
Harlon Moss
Mar 27, 2017
White gets considered as a natural color and one of the most abundant in nature. On the other hand, ivory gets considered as one variation of the white color.
Ivory gets defined as a hard white substance that is creamy and substance composed of the main part of the tusks of an elephant. On the other hand, White gets defined mostly as of the color of milk or fresh snow, due to the reflection of all visible rays of light.
White color comes from nature, mostly due to the sunlight whereas ivory comes from the tusks of an elephant, walrus, or narwhal, often used to make ornaments and other articles.
White color refers to something that gives the impression of coolness and calmness, whereas ivory color relates to something warm since it has a tinge of yellow and brown color.
Ivory mostly gets used as the cream color that has something paler, whereas white gets used as the pure color that has something pure.
Samantha Walker
Mar 27, 2017
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Some variations of white color include ghost white, cream, beige, linen, bone, vanilla, ecru, ivory, snow, white smoke, and others. Whereas ivory does not have any particular variations.
Samantha Walker
Mar 27, 2017

Comparison Chart

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A hard white substance that is creamy and substance composed of the main part of the tusks of an elephant.
Of the color of milk or fresh snow, due to the reflection of all visible rays of light

Type

One variation of the white color.
A natural color and one of the most abundant in nature

Source

Comes from the tusks of an elephant, walrus, or narwhal.
Comes from nature, mostly due to the sunlight.

Feeling

Something warm since it has a tinge of yellow and brown color.
something that gives the impression of coolness and calmness.

Variations

None.
Ghost white, Cream, Beige, Linen, Bone, Vanilla, Ecru, Ivory, Snow, White smoke.
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Ivory and White Definitions

Ivory

A hard, smooth, yellowish-white substance composed primarily of dentin that forms the tusks of the elephant.

White

The achromatic color of maximum lightness; the color of objects that reflect nearly all light of all visible wavelengths; the complement or antagonist of black, the other extreme of the neutral gray series. Although typically a response to maximum stimulation of the retina, the perception of white appears always to depend on contrast.

Ivory

A similar substance forming the tusks or teeth of certain other mammals, such as the walrus.

White

The albumen of an egg.

Ivory

A tusk, especially an elephant's tusk.

White

The white part of an eyeball.
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Ivory

An article made of ivory.

White

A blank or unprinted area, as of an advertisement.

Ivory

A substance resembling ivory.

White

Whites Pieces of laundry having a white or nearly white color.

Ivory

A pale or grayish yellow to yellowish white.

White

Whites White pants or a white outfit of a special nature
Tennis whites.

Ivory

(Music) Piano keys.

White

Whites The white dress uniform of the US Navy or Coast Guard.

Ivory

(Games) Dice.

White

A white wine.

Ivory

(Slang) The teeth.

White

A white pigment.

Ivory

Composed or constructed of ivory.

White

A white breed, species, or variety of animal.

Ivory

Of a pale or grayish yellow to yellowish white.

White

Any of various butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae, characteristically having chiefly white wings often with black markings.

Ivory

(uncountable) The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.

White

Also White A member of a racial group having light-colored skin, especially when of European origin and in some classifications also when of Middle Eastern or North African origin.

Ivory

A creamy white color, the color of ivory.

White

Often whites Products of a white color, such as flour, salt, and sugar.

Ivory

Something made from or resembling ivory.

White

The white or light-colored pieces, as in chess.

Ivory

The teeth.

White

The player using these pieces.

Ivory

The keys of a piano.
To tickle the ivories

White

The outermost ring of an archery target.

Ivory

(slang) A white person.

White

A hit in this ring.

Ivory

(informal) A die object bearing numbers, thrown in games of chance.

White

Whites(Medicine) Leukorrhea.

Ivory

Made of ivory.

White

White A member of a conservative or counterrevolutionary faction, especially one opposing the Bolsheviks in the Russian civil war.

Ivory

Resembling or having the colour of ivory.

White

Being of the color white; devoid of hue, as new snow.

Ivory

The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of dentine, characterized by the minuteness and close arrangement of the tubes, as also by their double flexure. It is used in manufacturing articles of ornament or utility.

White

Weakly colored; almost colorless; pale
White wine.

Ivory

The tusks themselves of the elephant, etc.

White

Pale gray; silvery and lustrous
White hair.

Ivory

Any carving executed in ivory.

White

Bloodless; blanched.

Ivory

Teeth; as, to show one's ivories.

White

Light or whitish in color or having light or whitish parts. Used with animal and plant names.

Ivory

A hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses

White

Also White Of or belonging to a racial group of people having light-colored skin, especially when of European origin, and in some classifications also when of Middle Eastern or North African origin
Voting patterns within the white population.

Ivory

A shade of white the color of bleached bones

White

Habited in white
White nuns.

White

Accompanied by or mantled with snow
A white Christmas.

White

Incandescent
White flames.

White

Intensely heated; impassioned
White with fury.

White

White Of or relating to a conservative or counterrevolutionary faction, especially one opposing the Bolsheviks in the Russian civil war.

White

With milk added. Used of tea or coffee.

White

(Archaic) Unsullied; pure.

White

(Printing) To cover or make illegible with white coloring. Often used with out.

White

Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
Write in black ink on white paper.

White

(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Caucasians, people of European descent with light-coloured skin.

White

Designated for use by Caucasians.
White drinking fountain
White hospital

White

Relatively light or pale in colour.
White wine
White grapes
White birch

White

Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc.

White

Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned.

White

Affected by leucism.

White

(of coffee or tea) Containing cream, milk, or creamer.

White

The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour.
The white pieces in this set are in fact made of light green glass.

White

Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian.

White

Honourable, fair; decent.

White

Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary.

White

(archaic) Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favourable.

White

(obsolete) Regarded with especial favour; favourite; darling.

White

(politics) Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements.

White

(of tea) Made from immature leaves and shoots.

White

(typography) Not containing characters; see white space.

White

(typography) Said of a symbol or character outline, not solid, not filled with color. Compare said of a character or symbol filled with color.

White

Characterised by the presence of snow.
A white Christmas
A white Easter

White

(of a set of armor) Alwhite, pertaining to white armor.

White

The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.

White

A person of European descent with light-coloured skin.

White

Any butterfly of the subfamily Pierinae in the family Pieridae.

White

White wine.

White

White coffee

White

(countable) Any object or substance that is of the color white.

White

The albumen of bird eggs (egg white).

White

(anatomy) The sclera, white of the eye.

White

The cue ball in cue games.

White

Cocaine

White

The snow- or ice-covered "green" in snow golf.

White

A white pigment.
Venice white

White

A white bean

White

(archery) The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.

White

The enclosed part of a letter of the alphabet, especially when handwritten.

White

A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.

White

(transitive) To make white; to whiten; to bleach.

White

Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; - the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a white skin.
White as the whitest lily on a stream.

White

Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
Or whispering with white lips, "The foe!They come! they come!"

White

Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
White as thy fame, and as thy honor clear.
No whiter page than Addison's remains.

White

Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
Your high engendered battles 'gainst a headSo old and white as this.

White

Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
On the whole, however, the dominie reckoned this as one of the white days of his life.

White

Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
Come forth, my white spouse.
I am his white boy, and will not be gullet.
Driving their cattle continually with them, and feeding only upon their milk and white meats.
A pistol charged with white powder.

White

Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye.

White

Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot.
'T was I won the wager, though you hit the white.

White

A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or Caucasian, races of men.

White

A white pigment; as, Venice white.

White

Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage.

White

To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
Whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of . . . uncleanness.
So as no fuller on earth can white them.

White

A member of the Caucasoid race

White

The quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)

White

Australian writer (1912-1990)

White

United States political journalist (1915-1986)

White

United States architect (1853-1906)

White

United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)

White

United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)

White

A tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri

White

(board games) the lighter pieces

White

(usually in the plural) trousers

White

Turn white;
This detergent will whiten your laundry

White

Being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light;
As white as fresh snow
A bride's white dress

White

Of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration;
Voting patterns within the white population

White

Free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied;
In shining white armor

White

Marked by the presence of snow;
A white Christmas
The white hills of a northern winter

White

Restricted to whites only;
Under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains
A lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization

White

Glowing white with heat;
White flames
A white-hot center of the fire

White

Benevolent; without malicious intent;
White magic
A white lie
That's white of you

White

Of a surface; not written or printed on;
Blank pages
Fill in the blank spaces
A clean page
Wide white margins

White

(of coffee) having cream or milk added

White

Dressed (or especially habited) in white;
White nuns

White

(of hair) having lost its color;
The white hairs of old age

White

Ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion;
A face turned ashen
The invalid's blanched cheeks
Tried to speak with bloodless lips
A face livid with shock
Lips...livid with the hue of death
Lips white with terror
A face white with rage

White

Of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets;
White nights

Ivory

Ivory gets defined as a hard white substance that is creamy and substance composed of the main part of the tusks of an elephant, walrus, or narwhal, often (especially formerly) used to make ornaments and other articles. Usually, it gets considered as a variation of white color but in some cases, gets categorized as a separate entity. This color becomes explicit for elephants since their teeth are the ones known for the same color. It is the origin from where the material and the color comes. Ivory tusks are substantially large teeth that project well beyond the mouths of elephants. Like our teeth and the ones of many mammals, these tusks are profoundly entrenched. Much of the tusk is made up of dentine which gets categorized as a hard, dense, bony tissue. And the whole tusk is enfolded in enamel, the firmest animal tissue and the part of the tooth that controls the most wear and tear. Ivory mostly has applications in arts and designing where the use of this color and material is one of the most varied fields. The word ivory originates from the ancient Egyptian âb, âbu that means elephant, with the actual meanings from the Latin ebor- or ebur. As explained earlier, because of the uses it has, since ancient times, Ivory has stayed an important and costly item to have. Although most of the countries ban the use of this material because of the decreasing amount of elephants, it gets produced artificially.

White

White gets defined mostly as of the color of milk or fresh snow, due to the reflection of all visible rays of light. And in some cases, as the opposite of black. It is one of the most used colors when it comes to human beings and has applications in all fields of life. The milk we drink is white in color, the copies and the pages used to write stuff also belong to the same range. Human teeth show as white whereas it also has a meaning of belonging to or denoting a human group having light-colored skin (chiefly used of peoples of European extraction). Because of the abundance, it gets considered as the color of nature. Even though we cannot see most of it, but the color of sunlight also falls in the white range. This color gets used in many other ways, for example, whenever someone has to finish the race, flag of the same field will become useful. Even if someone has to fight a war and want to end it, the same flag has its importance. In ancient Egypt and ancient Rome, celebrants wore white as a representation of purity, and Romans wore a white gown as a symbol of public spirit. In the Middle Ages, a white unicorn represented chastity, and a white lamb sacrifice and purity. In most eras, the widows of kings dressed in white to mourn the death of their husbands even though mostly black gets used for this purpose.

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