Yes, white reflects light so it stays cooler, but might possibly show some suggestion of human outline. Black absorbs light so it gets hotter. Add the exhaled humidity from covering her face.
That’s actually been debunked. The difference between black and white clothing is so negligible it’s entirely unnoticeable. The structure of the clothing is far more important.
Maybe the study was more robust that this article suggests, but this doesn’t tell me anything. Humans are amazing at regulating our remperature via sweat, so I have zero doubt that normal healthy people will have the same internal and even skin temps wearing different color clothing in different conditions. If the group wearing e.g. dark codlors just sweat X% more to compensate, we can’t draw any conclusions at all. Clothing is complicated, since airflow and moisture retention matter significantly, but we know for a fact that lighter colors reflect more energy than darker colors.
This is correct and something I learned about recently. The style of a lot of middle eastern type clothing is all very loose and baggy for both men and women, because of that, the color of the clothing doesn’t affect it’s heat intake. It’s thought that a lot of clothing styles came to be because of what was available to use to weave them. If I’m remembering correct, the desert areas had a lot of wool to work with. Wool is an insulator… So in order to wear it in that climate they wove it very loose with a lot of layers and baggyness. I’m not an expert on the matter though, so I might be mistaken
Those are images of Tuaregs, the nomadic people living in the Sahara. You see only few wearing white garnments. The majority wears shades of blue or even black. I trust the people who actually live in the desert to know about how to deal with the sun and heat:
Yes, white reflects light so it stays cooler, but might possibly show some suggestion of human outline. Black absorbs light so it gets hotter. Add the exhaled humidity from covering her face.
At least there’s probably a sea breeze.
That’s actually been debunked. The difference between black and white clothing is so negligible it’s entirely unnoticeable. The structure of the clothing is far more important.
It has only been debunked for lose fitting clothing since there is airflow between the clothes and skin. It is not negligible for tight clothing.
It’s also negligible for tighter clothing. See https://nltimes.nl/2023/07/21/wearing-white-clothing-wont-make-cooler-heat-researchers-confirm
Maybe the study was more robust that this article suggests, but this doesn’t tell me anything. Humans are amazing at regulating our remperature via sweat, so I have zero doubt that normal healthy people will have the same internal and even skin temps wearing different color clothing in different conditions. If the group wearing e.g. dark codlors just sweat X% more to compensate, we can’t draw any conclusions at all. Clothing is complicated, since airflow and moisture retention matter significantly, but we know for a fact that lighter colors reflect more energy than darker colors.
Apparently black clothes, when worn loose with a big skirt like that, can create a chimney effect and increase airflow underneath
This is correct and something I learned about recently. The style of a lot of middle eastern type clothing is all very loose and baggy for both men and women, because of that, the color of the clothing doesn’t affect it’s heat intake. It’s thought that a lot of clothing styles came to be because of what was available to use to weave them. If I’m remembering correct, the desert areas had a lot of wool to work with. Wool is an insulator… So in order to wear it in that climate they wove it very loose with a lot of layers and baggyness. I’m not an expert on the matter though, so I might be mistaken
Those are images of Tuaregs, the nomadic people living in the Sahara. You see only few wearing white garnments. The majority wears shades of blue or even black. I trust the people who actually live in the desert to know about how to deal with the sun and heat:
Yes but this is clearly a fashion show. I mean just look at the camel toe.
Yes, visible light.
White causes the non visible light to pass through, causing more heat underneath. Black absorbs the heat on the outside.
Ever wonder why motorcycle clothes are black too? That’s why.
(I researched because I would’ve liked white clothes)
'cuz it’s more badass
And because white leather just looks awful.
Black leathers don’t show the tire dust and asphalt as much. White clothes are a bitch to keep clean.
Your skin touching the underside of the hot black fabric gets hot. You can do this yourself and feel it.