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The best question in the group. The answer depends on what does a color of a surface mean? When an object appears yellow, the only light being reflected will be the red and green kinds; the other colors have been absorbed. When an object appears red, the other colors, from orange to violet, have been absorbed. So, when an object appear dark, the surface does not reflect much. Heat is electromagnetic radiation whose spectrum stops at infrared.; it is like low-frequency light. Dark color means more heat, like light, is absorbed than reflected.
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Why does darker colors absorb more heat than lighter colors?
its more duel and shinny
Why do darker colors get cool faster than lighter colors?
Darker colors absorb more light than lighter colours, hence why they are darker. Therefore they have more energy to release than lighter colours and cool down more rapidly.
Do some colors absorb more heat than others?
Darker colors like black, will absorb more heat than lighter colors, such as white.
Do dark colors absorb heat?
Yes. All colors absorb heat. The quantity depends on which color. Darker colors absorb more heat than lighter colors because of differences in light wavelengths.
What colors absorb solar energy best?
black, its a darker color so it would absorb more heat than a lighter color.
How does darker colors absorb more heat then lighter colors?
White reflects all spectrum of light while black absorbs all light.
What colors absorbs heat?
Everything absorbs heat, to a certain degree, but darker colors absorb heat at a faster rate than lighter colors. A different way to look at it is lighter colors reflect more heat...
Do darker or lighter colors fade more in the sun?
lighter
Why do dark colored shrits get hotter in the sun than light colored shrits?
Lighter colors reflect more light. Darker colors absorb more light. Sunlight is energy. You feel warmth when the sun shines on you because you are absorbing the energy of the sunlight. Darker colors absorb more energy so get warmer than lighter colors ------------------- Just like this answer ^^, dark colors do absorb more heat than lighter colors. Question is, I'm not really sure why.
Why do dark colors absorb and emit heat more than lighter colors?
Because that is the effect of black body radiation . According to that more darker the colour , more would be absorption and emission of light.
Why does the surface of a black car feel warmer on a sunny day than the surface of a white car?
Darker colors tend to absorb more heat than lighter colors.
Does the color violet deflect or resist heat more than other colors?
Darker colors absorb light and heat....Lighter colors refract...so violet is the closer to last on the list of colors that refract.
