Black Vs. White

In Jane Eyre we pointed out how she only mentions three colors repeatedly through the book.  Black, white, and red are mentioned so much that there has to be a more thoughtful meaning to them.  One thing I have noticed is that whenever she is describing something as "white" she usually is uncomfortable in the scene, or something is bad.  For example, when Mr. R has guests staying at the house Jane mentions all of the women in white that end up being very unpleasant towards her (like Miss Ingram and others...).  Also when she goes back to see her dying Aunt Reed she describes many things as being white. 

Now the things she describes as being black she is usually in a comfortable position and I would say the word "nice" is a good word to put with that color.  The women at the party that arn't harsh towards her she descibes in a black dresses.  When she goes back to see her Aunt Reed she describes Georgeiana's dress as being black.  This could be maybe because she is in a familiar place, where she isn't scared being in that home anymore.  However, to refute this she descibes the whole house using the color white so I don't know then about that hypothesis...  Also when she descibes Mr. R's eyes and I think Mrs. Fairfax's eyes too as being black.  These are people she likes, and she mentions when she is drawing a picture of Mr. R that the eyes are the most important part of the entire portrait.

I also find it odd that she uses the colors in the oppsite ways most authors do.  When using a word like white, they usually are describing something as pure, clean, luminesce, bright, holly, angle(esque)...  And I feel like she uses those words for the color black.