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                    "text": "Which colour system and code define this white?",
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                  }
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            "id": "glare",
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                  {
                    "text": "Is a softer white better?",
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        "id": "materials",
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                    "text": "Which paint matches this white?",
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                    "text": "Under which lighting?",
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                    "text": "How does paper white affect print colour?",
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                    "text": "Do brighteners change it?",
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                    "text": "What does white signify in this culture?",
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                "id": "language-finding",
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                    "text": "What is this white called in other languages?",
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                    "text": "Are there special terms?",
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    "Should named whites be separate entries?",
    "How should white points be linked?",
    "How should cultural meanings be recorded?"
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