When an object appears a certain color when illuminated by white light it means that it is reflecting light of that color

and absorbing all other colors. For example, a red apple is reflecting red light and absorbing all other colors of light. The more light the object absorbs, the more heat absorbed since light is energy. If you consider it a color, black absorbs the most heat. A black object absorbs all wa elengths of light and reflects none. !bjects that are white, on the other hand, reflect all wa elengths of light and therefore absorb the least heat.

"ow, what about a color like yellow# It is difficult to compare the amount of heat absorbed by a yellow object erses another colored object like green or red because a lot of other factors come into play. For example, the intensity of the color, the incident illumination $the wa elengths of light hitting the object% and the angles of the light coming in and being reflected all play a part in the amount of heat absorbed. "ow if you ha e a light yellow T&shirt and a dark yellow T&shirt, you can confidently say that the darker $more intense% yellow will absorb more heat because there is more pigment $less white%. 'ut comparing to another colored T&shirt like blue&green or red you would ha e to experimentally test( )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) ))))))))) *eat and light are both different types of energy. +ight energy can be con erted into heat energy. A black object absorbs all wa elengths of light and con erts them into heat, so the object gets warm. A white object reflects all wa elengths of light, so the light is not con erted into heat and the temperature of the object does not increase noticeably. ,ifferent wa elengths $colors% of light ha e different amounts of energy. -iolet light has more energy than red light. If we compare an object that absorbs iolet light with an object that absorbs the same number of photons $particles of light% of red light, then the object that absorbs iolet light will absorb more heat than the object that absorbs red light. The amount of heat absorbed is also affected by how light or dark an object is. A dark object of a gi en color will absorb more photons than a light object of the same color, so it will absorb more heat and get warmer. "ote about how the color of an object appears. The color an object appears is the complementary color to the color the object absorbs. If an object absorbs yellow light, then it will reflect all of the other colors of light and it will look iolet. )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) )))))))))