24 May, 2024

Worse than black? Japan study on heat-beating shirt colors reveals infrared absorbers

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230726/p2a/00m/0sc/014000c

So what color should we wear to stay as cool as we can during these extreme heat days? As you might expect, Ichinose recommends white, yellow, gray and red, and avoiding black, dark green, green, blue and purple duds for log days under the sun.