If water is clear, why do clothes get darker when they get wet?

Question

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Answer 1

because the cloths when wet have a subtance in them which makes then darker.

Answer 2

because the clothes have dye in them

Answer 3

Im just guessing here, but maybe because they become denser, therefore less light reflects off them ??

Answer 4

good question!!

havent a clue mind.

Answer 5

Water shrinks each individual colored clothing fiber so that they all become more closely associated with each other. Because there is less non-color space between the fibers, the color appears deeper.