Have you ever wondered why on a hot summer day you would be wearing a black or dark blue t-shirt and in like 5 min you’ll already be sweating and it would be really hot while your friends that are wearing white or yellow t-shirts are all ok and don't seem affected by the heat. Have you ever thought what might cause this to happen? Well the color of our clothes is determined by a chemical dye that is added to the cloth at the factory when it’s being made. Now the energy of sunlight affects the atoms of the dye in 2 different ways.
Now we know how electrons react when light is shining on the atoms. These electrons absorb a specific frequency of light and become “excited”, and emit a specific frequency of light,