
The White Paper
Per a definition I chanced upon, a “White Paper” is an authoritative report detailing an issue, position, problem, solution, or even a commercial product or service. The term originated in the 1920s as a position paper published by a UK government department. Therefore, it is a document issued by organisations on matters pertaining to policy directions and decisions on some issues of concern. According to surveys in Europe and the United States, and color psychology, white is often associated with perfection and good. It is unsurprising because the Bible, through which most of the ethos of human civilizations evolved, connotes White for good, purity, innocence, honesty, righteousness, and spiritual cleanness. (Revelations 3:4). White papers are supposed to be good, carrying glad tidings in...