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"Why does wet fabric appear darker?"
« on: April 03, 2009, 05:12:44 am »
When fabric gets wet, light coming towards it refracts within the water, dispersing the light. In addition, the surface of the water causes incoherent light scattering. The combination of these two effects causes less light to reflect to your eyes and makes the wet fabric appear darker.  :D
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