hair going dark when wet/ not when underwater

mollykins | 21:59 Fri 11th Dec 2009 | Science

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After looking at a picture of me scubadiving, i've just realised that my hair was the same colour as it is when it is dry, but it goes a lot darker when it is wet and I am in the air. Why is this?

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dothawkes31

sunlight

mollykins

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can you expand on that please?

dothawkes31

lack of

mollykins

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wouldn't sunlight make the hair light and lack of it darker, which is the oposite of what is happening?

dothawkes31

I knew what i meant when I had the thought.

potterfan3

When your hair is wet above water it's matted down, and therefore it'd be absorbing more of the light. When underwater it's all flowy and reflecting the light it should

mollykins

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ahh, that makes sense. thanks potterfan.

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