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Originally Posted by HarryT
That's because silver is reflective. It has little to do with the "colour" of it
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Actually that has a lot to do with it. There are two things that make up how reflective an surface is. That is the color and the surface.
The reason dark colors get hotter is because they absorb more light, which translates to heat. Lighter colors absorb less light so they reflect more light.
White reflects 80% of the light (20% turns to heat)
Black reflects 40% of the light (60% turns to heat)
Reflective surface increase the reflection by about 10-19%