why are ships white

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 09 Nov 2003 12:17 PST

Not all ships are white. Did you have a particular ship in mind?

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Clarification of Question by k94-ga on 10 Nov 2003 13:33 PST

most oceanliners are white. why?

One reason why cruise ships are often painted white is to save money
on air conditioning:

"Air conditioning. Even most power boats can't afford this. The cruise
ships are painted white to minimize the load, and built as floating
generator plants: They actually run their propulsion as a minor load
off the air-conditioning circuit."

http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruising