"White" stars are typically much brighter than Red stars, as both the "color & brightness" of a star are directly proportional to the temperature. The only reason there are "bright" red stars is that their radius is incredibly large. Note that the "color" of a star is directly linked to the temperature.
The equation that best demonstrates this is the luminosity equation of a black body. Stars aren't perfect black bodies, but they are close enough that they are treated as such.
L = 4πR²σT⁴
this equation tells us that the Luminosity (L) is proportionate to the Radius Squared (R²) and the Temperature to the Fourth power (T⁴). The bigger the brighter, or, the hotter the brighter. Meaning that for a given radius the hotter the star, the more luminous, and the same goes for stars of the same temperature, the larger the radius the more luminous.
White dwarfs on the other hand are not stars in the sense that they do not fuse anything, they simply glow due to the lingering heat that was generated during their time as stars.
As shown in the HR-Diagram, White Dwarfs are some of the hottest objects in the universe, and as stated by agtoever there has not been enough time for even the oldest white dwarf to have cooled passed something like 4800K.
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