Think of both as shades of gray. You know that the darker the surface, the less light is getting to your eyes & the brighter it is the more light that's getting to you.
What you see (from everything but lights and the sun) is reflected light.:
the sun --> object --> eye.
Thus, if an object appears bright then most of the light must have been reflected.
Likewise, if it appears dark then most of the light must have been absorbed.
If something was "completely" black it would absorb all light - but then you couldn't see it.
Likewise, white must absorb some light, or else it would be a mirror.
White light is made up primarily of reg blue and green.
White light bouncing back off the surface usually absorb one color a and reflects other colors.
In the case of black, all the colors making up white light are absorbed which makes that object appear black.
Any material ... cloth, paint, stone, liquid, soil, wood ... that absorbs all wavelengths of visible light APPEARS BLACK,
because none of the visible light that hits it bounces away into your eye ... it's all absorbed.
White does
neither is a color. white reflects all color, black absorbs all color.
white reflects light and black absorbs it white-cooler black-hotter
black because it absorbs it while white reflects it .
It will be white, because really, objects both reflect and absorb colors. For example, a red object absorbs every color aside from red, which reflects back. White absorbs no color and reflects all colors, while black absorbs them all and reflects none. the rainbow will be reflected back
White does not absorb light - it reflects all visible light waves, while black absorbs all visible light and reflects nothing.
White objects reflects visual "light" where as black objects absorb it. black the color is every color so it absorbs all the light(every color in the spectrum), and white is the lack of color so it reflects all the light(every color in the spectrum) that's why you get warmer when you wear black in the sun because it absorbs the sun and white reflects it.
If an object absorbs all the colors in white light, it reflects black.
The color that is every color is black, which uses every color to absorb heat. The opposite is white, and it isn't a color at all, so it reflects heat.
well,idk how but black absorbs it while white reflects it. (so darker colors absorb and lighter reflects it.)
White does
neither is a color. white reflects all color, black absorbs all color.
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Because black has almost no ability to reflect heat. White reflects heat very well, black hardly at all, so the heat builds up in black.
white reflects light and black absorbs it white-cooler black-hotter
black because it absorbs it while white reflects it .
It will be white, because really, objects both reflect and absorb colors. For example, a red object absorbs every color aside from red, which reflects back. White absorbs no color and reflects all colors, while black absorbs them all and reflects none. the rainbow will be reflected back