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How much light does the color black absorb?

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Colors absorb the light that the color is and reflects the rest so with black most.

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On the color spectrum, white is the absence of all color, black is the result of all color. The reason the black interior of your car gets very hot in the sun is that it absorbs the whole spectrum.

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