contentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 months agoA cool guide to heat absorption between different colored T-shirtsi.redd.itexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1294arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1281arrow-down1external-linkA cool guide to heat absorption between different colored T-shirtsi.redd.itcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square50fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTehdastehdas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoLook at the sun through a white shirt, then black. Which is brighter?
minus-squareEtherWhack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoThe white would be as it would absorb (then converted to heat) less light and would reflect it instead. Thebottom half is highlighting the absorption by showing radiance (giving off it’s own/stored energy), not reflection.
Look at the sun through a white shirt, then black. Which is brighter?
The white would be as it would absorb (then converted to heat) less light and would reflect it instead.
Thebottom half is highlighting the absorption by showing radiance (giving off it’s own/stored energy), not reflection.