eli5: why do darker colours absorb more heat?
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Light is made of energy, when it gets absorbed by an object, the object has to take in that energy so it can be conserved. That energy is often turned into heat, but can be reemited as light of a lower wavelength (see fluorescence) a lighter colored object reflects that light, rather than absorbing it, so that heating up doesn’t happen as fast.
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