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    pratap singh, upendra

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    Updated: Oct 26, 2024
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    I recently learnt that the best color to make an umbrella for use inn summers is to have white surface on the top and the bottom surface painted black.

    What could be the scientific reason for it? Of course it concerns itself with the degree of absorption and emission but the exact reason is something I am struggling for.

    Please guide me.

    regards,
    proffy
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  • Kaustubh Katdare

    Administrator • Jun 15, 2013

    proffy
    I recently learnt that the best color to make an umbrella for use inn summers is to have white surface on the top and the bottom surface painted black.

    What could be the scientific reason for it? Of course it concerns itself with the degree of absorption and emission but the exact reason is something I am struggling for.

    Please guide me.

    regards,
    proffy
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  • lal

    Member • Jun 15, 2013

    White colour reflects most incident rays including IR falling on it. If it was black on the top, it would absorb radiations incident on it and get hotter. That will make the person under a black umbrella sweat more!
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  • Abhishek Rawal

    Member • Jun 15, 2013

    This is elementary science.

    Black color absorbs more heat & white color reflects more IR Radiations so absorbs less amount of heat than other colors.
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  • Ramani Aswath

    Member • Jun 16, 2013

    Actually the thermal mass of the very thin fabric used makes this somewhat irrelevant. In Kerala one does get brollies with white fabric on top with black below. From emissivity point of view the best is an aluminized film.
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  • Ramani Aswath

    Member • Jun 23, 2013

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