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Black, an absence of visible color, appears such because it absorbs the visible light spectrum when struck. White is the presence of the entire visible light spectrum, and as such absorbs very little light. This is why white objects do not heat as quickly as black objects when left in direct sunlight. Of course, the heat that is actually stored by any object is infrared, which is why even with a pure white surface, that surface still captures some heat.

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