Because more of the sun's warming rays bounce off light colored surfaces than dark colored surfaces. So when you wear colors such as white, light pink you stay a little bit cooler than you would if you wore dark colors.
Keep those heat waves out of here!
In hot countries people often paint their houses white on the outside to keep them cooler on the inside.
Hit me with those heat waves!
Dark colors do the opposite of light colors -they soak up heat. That's why gardeners sometimes put black plastic bags around little seedlings to warm them up and help them grow.
Colorful facts
- In some countries red is a sign of danger, but in China, red is the color of happiness.
- In America, the Pueblo Indians have colors, instead of letters, to show directions on a compass. East is white, north is yellow, west is blue, and south is red.
