Why do dark colors absorb more heat from light than light colors?
Light and heat are both types of energy, so one can become the other (through a kind of conversion rate, mind). Dark colors absorb most of the light shined on them (black absorbs all of it). We only see what wavelengths reflect off. If none reflect off (meaning that they are absorbed or go through the material), then we cannot see them (id est: the material appears to be black). If black absorbs all wavelengths of light, then it absorbs all light. Light can become heat, so it gets really hot. Light-coloured materials reflect nearly all or all light, so they do not absorb a lot. Meaning that they are not very hot.
