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Which best explains why a black T-shirt gets warmer in the Sun than a white T-shirt?

Darker colors reflect more energy from colliding particles than lighter colors do.
Darker colors absorb more energy from colliding particles than lighter colors do.
Darker colors reflect more energy from electromagnetic waves than lighter colors do.
Darker colors absorb more energy from electromagnetic waves than lighter colors do.

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Darker colors absorb more energy from electromagnetic waves than lighter colors do.

Sunlight is electromagnetic radiation; black surfaces absorb most wavelengths (so convert more light into heat), while white surfaces reflect most, so they stay cooler.