Originally Posted by
Sy Reene
I think a mitigating factor though is also for this reason, meaning that black objects can pull off more heat from what they're resting on. As a thought exercise, if you wear a base layer under a jersey, and you want a cooling (not a thermal) effect, are you better off wearing a black or white base layer?
A brief search suggests that while black objects reflect less light, and so absorb more, which is converted to heat,
there is much less difference in the reflectivity of colors in the infrared (heat) range, so the statement above is not true, or barely true.