Why are rain clouds usually grey, but normal clouds also filled with moisture are white?

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Why are rain clouds usually grey, but normal clouds also filled with moisture are white?

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Rain clouds are white at the top. Thin clouds are white all the way through, but thicker clouds are so thick that less light makes it out the other side, so they tend to be dark at the bottom.

When the sun is very low in the horizon, it can illuminate even very thick clouds from below.

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