Why are lies called white and not black, yellow or blue?

Why are lies called white and not black, yellow or blue?

‘He was lying very politely, what else would I have done if I had not believed him’. This couplet of Wasim Barelvi Sahib is very appropriate on the matters of white lies. But today our question is not on anyone’s white lie, but on the phrase ‘white lie’ itself. The question is why lies are considered white? Why is it not called blue, black, yellow or red? Let us now know the answer to this question. Why is a lie only white? ‘You talk amazing, friend, you are telling a…

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