Light-V- Dark Clothing

busterb · 04-17-2008, 12:02 PM

I've work close to equator a few times and alway thought that light colors were better. Any science to back this up?
Other night, on History channel a Brit lady was walking around in Egypt in a dark paints suite. And Mr. cool on CSI Miami always has dark crap on.

I understand that some places in that zone have hi-humidity.

I've seen welders in S. La. wearing blue denim shirts in the hot summer sun, me I always wore suntans, (can't spell the K word.)

Shawnee123 · 04-17-2008, 12:17 PM

lol Mr Cool on CSI Miami. Hell, that man works up a sweat just taking his glasses off and putting them back on, and cocking his head sideways.

I've always heard dark colors absorb heat, light colors reflect. All the science, I don't understand.

lumberjim · 04-17-2008, 12:23 PM

jinx called him the new Wm Shattner the other night. I peed a little.

BigV · 04-17-2008, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

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I've always heard dark colors absorb heat, light colors reflect. All the science, I don't understand.

Seeing something is when your eye receives the light reflected (or emitted) by an object. Imagine two shirts, one white, one black, lying in the sun. The same amount of light is shining on each one, but the white one appears brighter to your eyes. It appears brighter because it is reflecting more light. The black one appears darker because it is reflecting less light. But since they both receive the same amount of light and reflect different amounts of light, how can you account for the difference?

The answer is the black one *absorbs* more light. Some of that light absorbed can be felt as warmth. You've certainly experienced this yourself.

So, depending on what you're trying to accomplish, one shirt color over the other can make a difference.

Shawnee123 · 04-17-2008, 01:08 PM

Hey, HLJ is in that pic, fixin' to fly!

Thanks for the 'splanation, BigV. Yeah, light is absorbed, not heat.

HungLikeJesus · 04-17-2008, 01:26 PM

If light is absorbed, eventually the shirt would be full of light and you would have to lock it in a dark closet to be able to sleep at night.

Shawnee123 · 04-17-2008, 01:27 PM

What if I sleep in a dark closet?

HungLikeJesus · 04-17-2008, 01:29 PM

Shawnee, I think it's time for you to come out of the closet.

SteveDallas · 04-17-2008, 01:30 PM

Wait, if light is reflecting from the shirt at the speed of light, how will you be able to move around?

Shawnee123 · 04-17-2008, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Shawnee, I think it's time for you to come out of the closet.

Even at night?

Griff · 04-18-2008, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

Wait, if light is reflecting from the shirt at the speed of light, how will you be able to move around?

Moving isn't the problem temporal flux is the problem. No wonder noone understands anybody we're all on different time planes.

Cicero · 04-18-2008, 01:49 PM

God didn't create light. God created "dark suckers". Fools.

04-17-2008, 12:02 PM	#1
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Light-V- Dark Clothing I've work close to equator a few times and alway thought that light colors were better. Any science to back this up? Other night, on History channel a Brit lady was walking around in Egypt in a dark paints suite. And Mr. cool on CSI Miami always has dark crap on. I understand that some places in that zone have hi-humidity. I've seen welders in S. La. wearing blue denim shirts in the hot summer sun, me I always wore suntans, (can't spell the K word.) __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

04-17-2008, 12:17 PM	#2
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	lol Mr Cool on CSI Miami. Hell, that man works up a sweat just taking his glasses off and putting them back on, and cocking his head sideways. I've always heard dark colors absorb heat, light colors reflect. All the science, I don't understand. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-17-2008, 12:23 PM	#3
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	jinx called him the new Wm Shattner the other night. I peed a little. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-17-2008, 01:08 PM	#5
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Hey, HLJ is in that pic, fixin' to fly! Thanks for the 'splanation, BigV. Yeah, light is absorbed, not heat. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-17-2008, 01:26 PM	#6
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	If light is absorbed, eventually the shirt would be full of light and you would have to lock it in a dark closet to be able to sleep at night. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

04-17-2008, 01:27 PM	#7
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	What if I sleep in a dark closet? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-17-2008, 01:29 PM	#8
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Shawnee, I think it's time for you to come out of the closet. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

04-17-2008, 01:30 PM	#9
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Wait, if light is reflecting from the shirt at the speed of light, how will you be able to move around?

04-18-2008, 01:49 PM	#12
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	God didn't create light. God created "dark suckers". Fools. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

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