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Because it has no color, therefore nothing to absorb. With light energy, surface colors absorb and reflect various color frequencies (electro-magnetic wavelengths). For instance, blue paint reflects higher frequency wavelengths which our eyes see, and our brains interpret, as blue values, and it absorbs lower range frequencies we would interpret as red and yellow. White surfaces reflect high quantities of all of the visible range of frequencies of electro-magnetic wavelengths, so the frequencies reflected back at the viewer contain all visible color ranges that are contained in the light hitting that surface and appear the same color.

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Is heat absorbed transmitted or reflected in white cars?

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Which color white or silver absorb the most heat?

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Does the color of an object affect heat flow?

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Is heat absorbed transmitted or reflected in white cars?

Heat is absorbed by white cars due to the color's ability to reflect sunlight. White surfaces have a high albedo, meaning they reflect a large portion of the sun's energy and absorb less heat compared to darker colors.


Which color white or silver absorb the most heat?

Silver tends to reflect more heat than white, while white tends to absorb less heat as it reflects more light and appears brighter. Therefore, silver would usually absorb less heat than white.


What is the difference between the way black and white surfaces affect light?

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Do white objects absorb less heat than black?

white objects reflect heat while black objects absorb it


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Which is a better conductor of heat white color or silver color?

Tricky question. If the surfaces are the same, then silver will absorb more, but in the case of a silver mirror, it will reflect more light, so the white will absorb more. Save


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Why does a dark color absorb more heat than a white color?

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