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Is a black shirt really hotter than a white one outdoors under the sun?
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Every object has a property to reflect or absorb colors.. We know that sunlight is a mixture of seven colors i.e it has seven colors..
Now we take a orange ( cloth or anything ).. Orange color has the property to absorb all colors except orange i.e it reflects the orange color of sunlight.. and blue color absorbs all color except blue i.e it reflects blue color.. and So the red color absorbs all colors of sunlight except red one and it reflects red color.. Now when the reflected red color from red cloth come to our eyes.. It feels like the cloth is red.. when the reflected blue color from blue cloth strike our eyes.. we feel the cloth is blue in color.. and so with the orange one..
White and black have different properties...
White actually reflects all colors of sunlight and doesn't absorb any one of them and that's why it appears white to us..
Black absorbs all colors of sunlight and does not reflect any color of sunlight and it appears black to us as no color strike our eyes... Sunlight has energy packets called photons.. When sunlight strike an object it transfers its energy to the object in the form of heat.. As white cloth doesn't absorb any color so less photons can transfer its energy to it while black one absorbs all colors so it takes additional energy (photons) in form of heat from sunlight.......
Now we take a orange ( cloth or anything ).. Orange color has the property to absorb all colors except orange i.e it reflects the orange color of sunlight.. and blue color absorbs all color except blue i.e it reflects blue color.. and So the red color absorbs all colors of sunlight except red one and it reflects red color.. Now when the reflected red color from red cloth come to our eyes.. It feels like the cloth is red.. when the reflected blue color from blue cloth strike our eyes.. we feel the cloth is blue in color.. and so with the orange one..
White and black have different properties...
White actually reflects all colors of sunlight and doesn't absorb any one of them and that's why it appears white to us..
Black absorbs all colors of sunlight and does not reflect any color of sunlight and it appears black to us as no color strike our eyes... Sunlight has energy packets called photons.. When sunlight strike an object it transfers its energy to the object in the form of heat.. As white cloth doesn't absorb any color so less photons can transfer its energy to it while black one absorbs all colors so it takes additional energy (photons) in form of heat from sunlight.......
Technobuff
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We were out looking for a new car a couple of weeks ago. It was a hot day.
The salesman tried to sell us a black car. I said "Too hot!"
He started to tell me "no difference". So, as there was a white car right alongside it, I had him feel the roofs of each in the same approximate spot. He backed off!
Absolutely, you can get hotter in a black shirt in sun.
The salesman tried to sell us a black car. I said "Too hot!"
He started to tell me "no difference". So, as there was a white car right alongside it, I had him feel the roofs of each in the same approximate spot. He backed off!
Absolutely, you can get hotter in a black shirt in sun.
Technobuff
New member
We were out looking for a new car a couple of weeks ago. It was a hot day.
The salesman tried to sell us a black car. I said "Too hot!"
He started to tell me "no difference". So, as there was a white car right alongside it, I had him feel the roofs of each in the same approximate spot. He backed off!
Absolutely, you can get hotter in a black shirt in sun.
The salesman tried to sell us a black car. I said "Too hot!"
He started to tell me "no difference". So, as there was a white car right alongside it, I had him feel the roofs of each in the same approximate spot. He backed off!
Absolutely, you can get hotter in a black shirt in sun.
Technobuff
New member
We were out looking for a new car a couple of weeks ago. It was a hot day.
The salesman tried to sell us a black car. I said "Too hot!"
He started to tell me "no difference". So, as there was a white car right alongside it, I had him feel the roofs of each in the same approximate spot. He backed off!
Absolutely, you can get hotter in a black shirt in sun.
The salesman tried to sell us a black car. I said "Too hot!"
He started to tell me "no difference". So, as there was a white car right alongside it, I had him feel the roofs of each in the same approximate spot. He backed off!
Absolutely, you can get hotter in a black shirt in sun.
Technobuff
New member
We were out looking for a new car a couple of weeks ago. It was a hot day.
The salesman tried to sell us a black car. I said "Too hot!"
He started to tell me "no difference". So, as there was a white car right alongside it, I had him feel the roofs of each in the same approximate spot. He backed off!
Absolutely, you can get hotter in a black shirt in sun.
The salesman tried to sell us a black car. I said "Too hot!"
He started to tell me "no difference". So, as there was a white car right alongside it, I had him feel the roofs of each in the same approximate spot. He backed off!
Absolutely, you can get hotter in a black shirt in sun.