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Doesn't black attract the sun's rays or whatever?
Black absorbs light and, in the process, heat. Solar cookers use this principle, utilizing a black pan or pot, insid ethe 'oven' to maximize heat exchange.
White? I'd have to hear your reasoning on that assertion.
I know that black aborbs heat (that's why a black car is so hot inside on a warm Summer day). So I'll say black.
Interesting. Maybe black clothing absorbs heat away from the person wearing it too. Didn't think of that.
Just a guess...
Guess that's why they wouldn't let me in at McMurdo.
Black attracts thermal energy, not just light.
I've got a solar water heater on my roof, and boy that gets water hot!
(Insides of its copper-lined thermal-collector panels are painted black)
White. It reflects heat back in.
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