Why are umbrellas black???

Question

Why are umbrellas black???

Answer 1

umbrellas r available in all colors nowadayz........

Answer 2

not all of them are

Answer 3

so they blend in at a funeral. haven't you noticed that it usually rains at a funeral, and in order to blend in with the colors of the clothes, they made them black.  well thats what i think anyways

Answer 4

They are not all black...they come in several different colors.

Answer 5

Not all umbrellas are black... Now they are available in all colors...

But still, umbrellas are also used to cover you from the sun's Radiation. Black has the peculiar property of absorbing most of the light radiations from the sun thereby protecting you from the heat. Hence umbrellas are black in color.

Answer 6

I have 4 umbrellas and none of them are black.

Answer 7

that's like saying:   why are cars red??

Answer 8

not all of them are stupid.... seriously.... how idealistic are you?... come into the real world dude its full of color

Answer 9

umbrelas r in color but thy r mostly black cuz the material of te first cloth used in making umbrella was a black one n after a decade it was considered fashion to have a black colored umbrella thn it was then only recently colour umbrellas dominated its place in this world

Answer 10

Umbrellas are black Because Black colour have the capacity to absorb all the colours.  We know that sun rays having all the seven basic colours.When we use the black coloured umbrella it absorb all the light and protect us from the heat coming from the sun.and we feel some cool in sunny day while using the black colour umbrellas.

Umbrellas are available in all the colours in the market it's only due to fashion or by the demand of the people.

But almost umbrellas are black in colour.

Answer 11

Umbrellas come in all different colors. Black is just one of the many. It is just the manufacturer's choice.

Answer 12

Now a days all color umbrellas are seen. absorpton of light is also other phenomenon for black umbrella.

Answer 13

Black umbrellas are protective to lightning in thunderstroms.

The clothing used is non porous which makes the water slide down much faster.

The initial umbrellas developed with a cloth that was black and the process went on thus to be named as black umbrellas.

Answer 14

umm cause ppl want black umbrellas , but mostly theirs not always balck umbrellas

Answer 15

Just a guess:

Probably because they are more appealing than those multicolored rainbow ones, or the ones with flowers, or the stripey ones, maybe poor sales so the makers decided to go with black.

Most probably supply and demand, people dont wont non-black umbrellas so they dont make many.