white armor

Pale plate mail

White armor is plate armor left in its natural polished steel finish rather than painted, blued, or covered with fabric.

The term distinguishes bare metal armor from decorated or colored varieties.

In fantasy contexts, white armor often signals purity or heroism, associated with knights and paladins: The champion rode forth in gleaming white armor.

Related

gleaming · crusader · silver · holy · holy order · chivalry · coat of arms · pristine · mail · helmet · gauntlet · noble · pure · radiant · steed · jousting tournament · lance · mounted knight

Opposites
armor construction type

white armorchainmail

Armor of linked rings

ring mail · scale armor · brigandine · padded armor · studded leather

armor visibility/appearance

white armorblack armor

Protective gear in dark hue

technological sophistication

white armorbronze armor

Metal protective war garment

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G