The Mystery of Light

[Lalwendë]

No! It's not lost me! This is a good idea - but the only problem I have is that I see black as an absence of light, a void. This is borne out in physics, that Dark Matter, which we cannot yet discern the true nature of, appears to be nothingness, and yet it holds the universe together. White and colour go together - white is merely the sum of the colours - but black is the absence of light. In Middle Earth terms this also works, as you could argue that Melkor lacked Light, that he was the result of what what would happen without Light.

He is trying to dominate over both light and dark, so he is portrayed as what Light and Dark is seperated, a mass of many colors.

This is a really interesting thought. Is Saruman trying to place himself an another scale than the traditional Light/Dark good/evil? Is he trying to put himself outside morality? If so, then it could be said that he is 'playing at being God'.