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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Pretty sure it’s that it’s different types of ashes. I mean if you look at something burning, its not just all black. It’s always got white, grey, and black so it might just be that you only see the contrasted type of ash on the right type of surface.

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