Why do things turn dark when wet?

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Why do things turn dark when wet?

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The reason we see objects is because photons of light bounce off them into our retina – when an object is wet the water molecules can absorb & scatter more of the photons than the object alone – so less photons reach our retina from the object making it appear slightly darker

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