Does black really attract heat?

Question

If it really does, then why does it happen only to black/darker colors?

Answer 1

Because dark colors absorb light and light colors reflect light.

Answer 2

Darker colors do not "attract" heat, but rather retain the energy of light.

Lighter colors reflect light, where as darker colors absorb it.  White light is broken down into a wavelength spectrum:  

R O Y G B I V - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.

If something is white in color, it reflects all wavelengths and does not absorb much light energy.

Basically, the darker the color, the more wavelengths of light it absorbs.  The more light absorption means the more energy is in it.  

Energy is then converted into either sound or heat.  Heat in this matter.

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Answer 3

As ,  Cat said, Black does not attract heat, it absorbs it.

Answer 4

It's not that black attracts heat... it's more that it just doesn't reflect light as much as lighter colors do. Lighter colors act like a mirror and reflect light instead of absorbing it while darker colors absob light and transform it into heat.

Answer 5

No darker colored clothing absorbs the most heat, because black is the combo of all colors while white is the absence of color.