eli5: Why is white so prevalent in spacecrafts and equipments?

Question

eli5: Why is white so prevalent in spacecrafts and equipments?

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Answer 1

If you really wanted to move around using thrusters without attracting unwanted attention, your space ship would be painted that version of black that consumes all light.

Answer 2

For hundreds of years white has been ruthlessly holding down the other paints through systemic forms of colonial violence