How come ashes turn white if I get them on black pants, but if I get them on my white pants they show as black?

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Example, yesterday I wore black pants and was smoking a blunt, and when I got ashes on my pants ,I rubbed them in, and there was a long white streak on my pants. My friend had a white shirt on and he got ashes on his shirt and when he did the same thing it showed as black. Why is that?

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Because they’re grey.

More accurately, because they’re a mishmash of dark and light particles so some of them show up no matter how light or dark the surface behind them is.

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