white, wight, wite

White or white means the color made of the absence of color--
The snow has turned the whole world white.
She wanted her wedding cake to have white frosting and pink roses.

Wight or wight ( rhymes with white ) is an old-fashioned word for a person or a supernatural being--
He was sure some other wight was in the forest, as he could hear odd noises.
He did not know if the wight of his vision was a person or a spirit.

Wite or wite ( rhymes with white ), historically,  is a term for a special fine or tax imposed by the king--
He had to pay a wite of ten shillings for disturbing the peace.
A wite of five shillings was levied on anyone who didn't serve in the army.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"The poor wight turned white with fear when he heard the amount of the wite imposed on him by the king."

Note--the "Isle of Wight" is a real place--
They visited the Isle of Wight as part of their tour of England.
Other proper names ( of a specific or particular place ) will always be capitalized--
The White Mountains are beautiful this time of year.