white; fig. reactionary; anti-communist
白 (Bái) · 5 strokes
Origin unclear. Possibly depicts a thumb or a person's face.
色 (sè) · 6 strokes
Depicts a kneeling person (卩) being pushed down by a hand (爪). Based on the original meaning "press down", now written as 抑. The current meaning "color" is a phonetic loan.