Most white things in nature are found in the wildlife. But, can you name 10 white foods or plants?
While white is a standard color in nature, it hardly ever is predominant. On the contrary, it often appears together with other colors, as we will mention below.
In today’s article, we will talk about things that are white in nature, meaning naturally white things. We hope you enjoy it.
Would you add something white to this list?
What Is Associated With White?
White is the color of purity, serenity, and cleanliness. It symbolizes new beginnings like the blank page of a notebook.
It’s a relaxing color that hardly ever is people’s favorite color despite being present in most people’s houses.
A Visual List of Things That Are White
Here’s an extensive list of white things, plants, foods, and animals.
White Things
1. White Light
White Light: Many people consider the visible light to be white. The visible light is the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum which includes gamma rays, x-rays, ultraviolet, visible light, infrared, microwaves, and radio waves. As such, white light contains all wavelengths of the visible light spectrum.
2. Teeth
Teeth: Our teeth are white because of enamel, which is mostly made up of calcium phosphate, a naturally white mineral. However, the shade of white might vary per person. Oh, and by the way, teeth are not bones.
3. Pearl
Pearl: Pearl is a white gemstone produced inside a living mollusk. According to western astrology, Pearl is June’s birthstone.
4. Glacier
Glacier: Glaciers are white and because of the lack of air bubbles it appears to be bluish. These dense and persistent bodies of ice are the accumulation of crystalline ice, snow, rock, sediment, and often liquid water that originates on land and moves downslope under the influence of its own weight and gravity.
5. Bone
Bone: Bones are white because of the presence of calcium, calcium phosphate to be more specific, calcium compounds usually refract the entire spectrum of light, just like everything else that is white.
6. Limestone
Limestone: Limestone is a sedimentary rock made of calcium carbonate (CaCO3), usually in the form of calcite or aragonite, and can also be used as a white pigment.
7. Whitecap
Whitecap: Whitecap is the weakest point of a wave, the crest, which has broken into many bubbles and droplets. These particles scatter light, appearing to be white.
8. Moonstone
Moonstone: Moonstone is a white gemstone with a pearly and opalescent luster. Other colors also include gray, blue, peach, pink, green, brown, and colorless.
9. Cloud
Cloud: Clouds are teeny tiny drops of water or ice crystals floating in the sky. They are so tiny they have turned into water vapor. When these droplets join others and become larger drops, gravity causes them to fall, and that’s the phenomenon we call rain. When rain happens in the presence of sunlight another phenomenon happens, the rainbow!
10. White Opal
White Opal: Opals can be black, gray, or white, the latter being the most common one. As such, white opals are the least valuable form of opal. Beyond that, white opals are one of the October birthstones.
11. Snow
Snow: Snow appears to be white because of the light that is scattered and bounces off the ice crystals in it. This light, which includes all colors, when reflected looks white. In fact, snow is translucent.
12. White Quartz
White Quartz: Associated with the crown chakra, white quartz is a common mineral used to absorb negativity and disease-causing energies.
White Plants
13. White Rose
White rose: This is a woody perennial flower plant and one of the prettiest things that are white.
14. Calla Lily
Calla lily: originating from southern Africa, this plant produces pure white spathe and a yellow spadix.
15. White Tulip
White tulip: A large white flower has a colored scar at the base of the tepals.
16. White Hibiscus
White hibiscus: From a mallow family genus, this plant has white flowers trumpet-shaped.
17. Daisy
Daisy: A perennial herbaceous plant having short creeping rhizomes and a white flower.
18. White Daffodil
White Daffodil: The flower has large white petals and a small flat cup that’s yellow ringed.
19. Hydrangea
Hydrangea: White hydrangeas are common flowers in home gardens worldwide and are often used to decorate weddings.
20. European Heliotrope
European Heliotrope: Native to the Mediterranean and western Asia, it is an annual herb that may grow as a roadside weed in some places. The white flowers are very small and white with a yellow center.
21. Jasmine
Jasmine: A white flower in the genus of shrubs and vines and an olive family member.
22. White Anemone
White anemone: A beautiful seasonal weather flower with white petals having a darker center.
23. Trumpet Flower
Trumpet Flower: Are woody trees or shrubs with beautiful pendulous white, among other color varieties.
24. White Begonia
White begonia: This white flower has perennial tender rows packed with smooth petals.
25. Moonflower
Moonflower: A species of ipomoea having a white flower originating from North and South America.
26. White Cosmos
White cosmos: A herbaceous perennial plant having a white flower and a native to scrubs and meadowland.
27. White Hyacinth
White Hyacinth: Another beautiful flower from the lily family having an extraordinary white bloom.
28. White Alstroemeria
White Alstroemeria: Originally from the family of Alstroemeriaceae, this flowering plant has attractive white flowers.
29. White Foxgloves
White foxgloves: A rare plant found in the wild that produces white flowers 3 inches long.
30. White Lilac
White lilac: A plant that’s 12 to 15 feet high, having white flowers with a fragrance.
31. White Lupine
White lupine: Originally from the Mediterranean, this plant has white flowers.
32. Dogwood Flower
Dogwood Flower: Symbolizing rebirth, dogwood flowers are endemic to North America. These white flowers are planted as an ornamental in both public and residential areas and are the Virginia State flower.
34. White Wisteria
White Wisteria: Most commonly known in its purple variety, white wisteria is a beautiful vine plant that appears in late spring and early summer.
35. Tuberose
Tuberose: Originally from native Mexico, this plant has sweet white flowers that are scented.
36. White Marigold
White marigold: one of the whitest marigold plants with ample blossoms ideal for brightening gardens.
37. White Waterlily
White Waterlily: One of the aquatic things that are white belonging to the genus nymphaea.
White Foods
38. Cauliflower
Cauliflower: A type of vegetable reproduced by seed and one of the rare white things that are edible.
39. Onion
Onion: A vegetable ideal for spicing dishes and is found in various colors, e.g., white, red, etc.
40. Garlic
Garlic: A special garlic white species in nature and originating from central Asia and northeastern Iran.
41. White Beans
White beans: Native to the Americans, this white bean has a slightly flattened oval shape.
42. Coconut Meat
Coconut meat: One of the white things is this coconut meat that’s edible when fresh or dried.
43. Garden Asparagus
Garden asparagus: This plant can be white because it is grown without being exposed to light, preventing photosynthesis and therefore the production of chlorophyll.
44. Rice
Rice: This little grain is eaten on a daily basis by nearly half of the world’s population.
45. Celeriac
Celeriac: It’s a type of root vegetable cultivated for its whitish edible stem and shoots.
46. Milk
Milk: Nutrient-rich liquid produced from a mammal’s mammary glands. Milk is one of the white things most consumed in the world.
White Animals
47. Leucistic Animals
Leucistic Animals: Leucistic animals are not to be confused with albinism. While leucism is an abnormal condition of reduced pigmentation, albinism is the total absence of melanin.
48. Bali Myna
Bali myna: The Indonesian medium-sized bird is among the prettiest white things in nature.
49. Albino Squirrel
Albino squirrel: This particular squirrel is white due to a genetic aberration and is also the rarest.
50. Albino Crow
Albino crow: Among the white things in nature, this albino bird is unique.
51. Glasshouse Whitefly
Glasshouse Whitefly: This sap-feeding insect lives mostly in house plants and greenhouse plants. It excretes a substance known as honeydew that may reduce the vigor of plants.
52. Ivory Gull
Ivory gull: A small-sized white bird species found in the arctic in a circumpolar distribution.
53. White Ibis
White Ibis: These wetland birds are native to Central and North America. These large birds usually gather in huge colonies near water and eat mostly crayfish.
54. White Peacock
White peacock: This bird from the Phasianidae family is among the things that are white and beautiful.
55. Swan
Swan: This bird species is white and among the largest flying birds on earth.
56. African Spoonbill
African spoonbill: This white long-legged wading bird is widespread across some African countries.
57. Arctic Fox
Arctic fox: This fox species is one of the cutest things that are white living in the arctic.
58. American Pekin
American Pekin: This duck is one of the white things that that is domesticated and raised primarily for meat. Originally, the American Pekin comes from China, which was a sophisticated breeder of ducks.
59. Ermine
Ermine: Short and stoat, this weasel is circumpolar distributed with a white winter coat.
60. Arctic Wolf
Arctic wolf: This medium-sized white wolf is a subspecies of grey wolf originally from Canada.
61. Sheep
Sheep: These domesticated ruminant mammals are usually kept as livestock. Their color can range from pure white to dark chocolate brown. Sheep are probably descended from the wild mouflon native to Asia and Europe.
62. White Pigeon
White Pigeon: Generally seen as a symbol of love and peace, white pigeons are rare individuals that are released during weddings and events.
63. Mealy Bug
Mealy Bug: These tiny bugs are mostly found in moist and warm habitats. Although uncommon, mealy bugs can spread viruses, especially species that prefer grapevines.
64. Cyphochilus Beetle
Cyphochilus Beetle: With unusual bright white scales, the cyphochilus is native to southeast Asia. Its scales’ whiteness is caused by a thin disordered photonic structure, which scatters light of all wavelengths with the same efficiency, thus resulting in white coloration.
65. Cabbage White
Cabbage White: This quite unusual butterfly color belongs to the Cabbage White Butterfly. Curiously, the adults prefer purple, blue, and yellow flowers over other floral colors.
66. Albino Deer
Albino Deer: With a ghost-like appearance, the albino deer is mostly or completely white. Although its color is a genetic trait, it is extremely rare.
67. Great Egret
Great Egret: Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, the great egret builds its nests in colonies close to the water. This large bird has white plumage, yellow bill, and black legs.
68. White Park Cattle
White Park Cattle: This rare breed of horned cattle is native to Great Britain and the earliest references to this breed date back to pre-Christian Irish epics.
69. Dwarf Hotot Rabbit
Dwarf Hotot Rabbit: This domesticated rabbit has an entirely white coat with the exception of black circles around the eyes. Once fully grown, Dwarf Hotot rabbits weigh no more than 3.5 pounds.
70. Shagya Arabian
Shagya Arabian: This horse breed developed in the Austro-Hungarian Empire is often gray, but it may be in other colors such as bay, chestnut, and white.
71. Samoyed Dog
Samoyed Dog: Gentle and friendly, the Samoyed dog has a thick all-white coat, that may also be cream in color.
72. Brahma Chicken
Brahma Chicken: This massive chicken was developed in the United States and has three recognized color varieties: buff, dark, and light. The light Brahma has a white base color.
73. Beluga Whale
Beluga Whale: Also known as the white whale, the beluga has high-pitched calls and lives in the cold waters of the Arctic. Something particular about this whale is its round head. The life expectancy of a beluga whale is 35-50 years.
74. White Persian Cat
White Persian Cat: This long-haired cat may have a wide range of color variations, but its most common ones are white and cream. The Persian cat was imported into Italy from Persia around 1620 and not long after that its popularity spread across the world.
75. White-Tailed Ptarmigan
White-Tailed Ptarmigan: In the summer months, the white-tailed ptarmigan is a speckled grayish brown with white underparts, tail and wings. Its plumage change to reddish-brown while more white feathers grow in the fall. When winter comes, this bird is completely white.
76. Grub
Grub: Grubs are the thick larvae from beetles and may be creamy or white in color. The larvae are a natural stage in the beetle life cycle. In many species, these larvae increase in size as they eat more food.
77. White Koi
White Koi: The ogon koi has one solid color that can either be metallic or regular. This fish can come in a variety of colors including yellow, orange, cream, red, white, and platinum.
78. Sand Dollar
Sand Dollar: These flat sea urchins average one to four inches in size and have a petal-like pattern. The velvety spines of live sand dollars can appear in a variety of colors, such as violet, purple, blue, and green. However, deceased individuals are typically found with their empty skeleton devoid of all surface material and bleached white by sunlight.
79. Black-Veined White Butterfly
Black-Veined White Butterfly: This large butterfly (2 to 2.8 inches) has white translucent wings with black veins. It occurs in open forests, orchards, meadows, and grazing lands throughout Asia and most of Europe.
80. White Nudibranch
White Nudibranch: This species of sea slug has an elongated shape with translucent off-white color and yellow edges. It is found on rocky and coral reefs.
81. Saanen Goat
Saanen Goat: This Swiss breed of domestic goat has a short white coat and may be horned or not. The Saanen goat is Switzerland’s most productive milk. The country is famous for having the most productive milking goats in the world.
82. Maltese
Maltese: This cute little dog grows up to 7 to 9 inches in height and weighs no more than 7 pounds. Besides, this dog has a silky white coat and is very playful.
83. Albino Alligator
Albino Alligator: These ghost-like alligators lack the ability to produce melanin in their skin, giving them a yellowish-white color while their eyes have a pinkish hue.
84. Arabian Oryx
Arabian oryx: This white antelope has distinct features and is originally from Arabian Peninsula.
85. Panda
Panda: Originating from south-central China, this black and white animal has a thick bi-colored coat.
86. Whooping Crane
Whooping crane: This white bird is the tallest species found in North America.
87. Harp Seal
Harp Seal: Also known as Greenland seal, these mammals have pure black eyes, and while adults are gray, pups are white. They are distributed along the eastern coast of Canada and Greenland to north Norway.
88. Alpaca
Alpaca: Mostly white, this species is from the South American camelid mammal.
89. White Pomeranian Dog
White Pomeranian Dog: This toy breed has a thick white coat and it may grow up to 6 to 7 inches, weighing no more than 3 to 7 pounds. It is a lively and playful companionship, although some owners report their barking as excessive.
90. Winter White Dwarf Hamster
Winter White Dwarf Hamster: Also known as the Siberian dwarf hamster, this little mammal has a thick, dark gray coat that turns snow white as winter approaches. It is a popular pet in North America and Europe.
91. Emden Geese
Emden Geese: Dating back to the 13th century, the Emden is the oldest and heaviest goose breed in Germany. An adult male may weigh up to 26.5 pounds.
92. Snow Petrel
Snow petrel: This bird is one of the white things in nature found in the south pole.
93. Polar Bear
Polar bear: Found in the arctic, it’s the largest species and among the things that are white in nature.
94. White Hawk
White hawk: This bird is mostly covered in white feathers and mainly feeds on reptiles and mammals.
95. Arctic Hare
Arctic hare: The hare species are one of the white things typically living in the arctic.
96. White Cockatoo
White cockatoo: This bird is endemic to the Indonesian island and is one of the prettiest things that are white.
97. Emperor Penguin
Emperor penguin: A black and white-colored penguin among the largest species found in Antarctica.
98. White Tern
White tern: The bird is found across the tropical oceans and has a beautiful white body.
99. Yellow-Crested Cockatoo
Yellow-crested cockatoo: A white plumage medium-sized bird with a retractile crest that’s yellow or orange.
100. Seagull
Seagull: Gray or white large-sized birds having black markings on the head and wings.
101. White Leghorn
White Leghorn: Originally from Tuscany, this chicken breed may have about ten color varieties, including white, black, and brown. Leghorns lay on average about 280 white eggs per year.
102. White Eggs
White Eggs: Many breeds of chicken lay white eggs, the most popular include White Leghorn, Andalusian, Polish, Ancona, Egyptian Fayoumis, Hamburg, and California White.
103. Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl: Also known as the Arctic Owl, this large, white bird has largely white plumage. Males tend to be lighter than females, which have dark brown flecks.
Things That Are White in Nature
As said, white isn’t as popular in nature as most of the spectrum’s main colors. Still, we think we did a great work putting together this huge list with the 103 naturally white things.
So, did we forget something? Please, let us know in the comments!
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White is White
Wednesday 22nd of December 2021
Alabaster stone. White coral. Mushrooms. White sea anemone. Cotton. Ice cubes. Sugar cubes. Powdered sugar. Talcum powder. Chromebooks (I"m typing on one, LOL!) Tom Hanks all white tuxedo in Big (Ok, these are not "found in nature", LOL!) Neither are these: tissues. Pomade. Toothpaste. Moisturizer cream. Pieces on a chess set. Socks & sneakers.
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Wednesday 22nd of December 2021
A bathtub, sink & toilet. White hair & beard. (Santa Claus, LOL!!) A kararte kimono & belt. A classic mens' white shirt. Standard bedsheets. Lampshades are usually white. Paper bowls & styrofoam cups. The White House, LOL!! A blank Word document (computer screen). Elephant ivory. Piano keys. Frosting (on cinnamon rolls). Ski lipbalm that leaves a cool white film. White lipstick. Amino acid supplement pills. Aspirin. A sheet of paper. A night cap (hat). What is that already, like almost 100 more?? LOL! I'm gonna have to refresh this page after *drum roll* a very WHITE CHRISTMAS!!! (White snow star Christmas oranments!) :D
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Wednesday 22nd of December 2021
Zinc oxide sunblock. Howlite (stone that is dyed to make fake turquoise). Lace. Wedding dresses. Diamonds! The stars. The sun is actually white. Foam on the top of beer glasses. Bubble bath! :D Albino snakes. Snoopy is white! Couches and fluffy, shaggy carpet. (I want an all white living room, complete with white pets.) Speaking of which, my ragamuffin cat is white (with a tiny bit of beige markings, invisible at night). A lab coat. A nurse's, a waitress' and a soda j e rk's cap. Vanilla ice-cream. Snow. A domestic's apron. I think I'm whited out. WHITE OUT!!!! LOL! :-D
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Wednesday 22nd of December 2021
Great article. My favorite color!!! Here's some more. Magnolias. White canaries. Some white lynx are actually white. Mexican cheese (queso fresco; queso cacique) and Brie. Paneer (Indian cheese). Too many cheeses to mention, maybe you can just make a platter pic? Sour cream. Walls. Plastic forks & spoons. And don't forget... Casper, the ghost!!! :D