So white and yellow for staying cool, every other color heats up.
Tradeoff is dark colors absorb more UV so it provides better protection from the sun
Umm…
Reflection is just as effective as absorption. As long as the UV isn’t passing through the fabric into you, you are fine.Well butter my biscuit, I might be wrong. There are other of factors to take into account, but it makes sense that, the portion of light that does make it through a light fabric will keep on reflecting inside the garment until it is absorbed or escapes back out. Like a photography light box.
Skincancer.org is my source for darker colors being better protection
I don’t have the highest degree of confidence in it but it makes sense to me that absorption matters more than reflection because a lot of the reflected UV will be going through the shirt and onto your skin
That’s why materials like linen aren’t as good for UV protection. They’re light weaves and let a lot of light through, still
“The amount of heat gained by a Bedouin exposed to the hot desert is the same whether he wears a black or a white robe. The additional heat absorbed by the black robe was lost before it reached the skin.”
Bedouin robes, the scientists noted, are worn loose. Inside, the cooling happens by convection - either through a bellows action, as the robes flow in the wind, or by a chimney sort of effect, as air rises between robe and skin.
Thus it was conclusively demonstrated that, at least for Bedouin robes, black is as cool as any other colour.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2006/aug/15/research.highereducation
But t shirts don’t work like Bedouin robes.
I still can’t get myself to wear a white T-shirt despite me wanting it.
I just see that all colors turn into pride colors in the sun
