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Originally Posted by Malsua
Dark colors also emit heat better. It's why engines are painted black, at least among those engines that are painted. Old cars used to have a lot of different color engines, they also used to overheat a lot. At some point in the early 80s the big three finally got a handle on engine overheating and one of those methods that helped was painting the engines black.
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Interesting. Thanks for the information but I don't know if that holds true for a home painted in a very dark color.