Do dark colours attract more sunlight or is it lighter colours that attract the sun more?

Answer 1

The darker the colour, the more it will store the heat.
This is why is hot countries (greece as an example) they paint the houses white becasue it deflects the heat from the sun and helps to keep the house cooler

Answer 2

In my opinion clothes that have dark colours will attract more sunlight but with lighter colours the sun's rays bounce off. In Africa most people wear light colours or plain white.

Answer 3

Light colours reflect the sun. Dark colours attract it. Thats why most houses out foreign are painted white

Answer 4

neither color attracts more sun than the other, colors dont attract light. light is constant. What you mean is which one absorbes more thermal energy in the form of heat.. the answer is darker colors.. more of the heat is absorbed than is reflected away.. that is the principle around which the arctic and antarctic ice caps work the sun doesn't melt the ice because 99% of all the sunlight that hits the ice cap is reflected back into space.. this is why global warming is so dangerous because if the temp rises and the ice does start to form small pocket of melt water the darker water absorbs more thermal energy causing the water to warm faster thus causing more ic eto melt... the less ice the less heat is deflected until all the ice melts completey.. i know this is a little off track of what you asked but it is a real world example of the question you asked

Answer 5

Dark absorbs, light reflects, as the others have said. As the dark colur is absorbing the light (which is energy), it will feel warmer to the touch.

Sunlight is never attracted to anything. It comes from the sun in a continuous stream, and sometimes things get in the way of it, and are affected by it. The area behind that object (a shadow) is then the adsence of the light as the object blocked those rays from travelling any further.

Answer 6

Dark colours absorb Heat Light colours refelct heat thats why all houses in hot countries are painted white so its cool inside

Answer 7

Dark colours absorb sunlight and white or light colours reflect it. That's why cricketers wear white apparantly.

Answer 8

Dark colours don't attract light. They absorb light whereas light colours reflect it. Black is the pure absorber of heat.

Answer 9

From what I've learned in Anatomy & Physiology class, the pigment that is produced when our skin is exposed to sunlight actually helps filter out the sunlight. Once we build up a tan, it is harder for sun's rays to penetrate our skin.

Answer 10

ya the dark colours attract the sun so if its really hot outside dont go outside the door with black clothes cause ul be burned