When we talk about roof colours, everyone knows that they play a large role in beautifying a building. One thing many don’t know is that they do a lot more than that.
While the colour of Colorbond roofing you choose for your building is sure to go a long way in increasing the beauty of your home if it complements the colour of your paint well, it has other functions you should be aware of. Not the least of these functions is its effect on temperature.
Colours and Temperature
Have you ever noticed that certain colours of clothes attract more heat than others? This is no superstition or assumption either. It has been proven scientifically that lighter colours are weaker absorbers of heat while darker colours are much stronger absorbers. This is why you find that most coats and cardigans are usually made of dark colours, while most desert clothing are of a much lighter shade.
The science behind this is simple.
Coloured materials reflect and attract light at various wavelengths, depending on what their colour is. While there is a lot of scientific jargon required to properly explain this, the important thing to note is that the lighter the colour gets, the less light it absorbs and the more it reflects.
On the contrary, the darker the colour gets, the more light it absorbs and the less it reflects. Now, since with light comes heat, it can be deduced that lighter colours are cooler while darker colours are hotter.
How to Apply This to Your Building
So how do you make use of this when choosing Colorbond colours to use for your building? Simple. All you need to do is consider your neighbourhood. How cold or hot does it get there? Do things sometimes get very cold there, or is it heat the neighbourhood is known to battle with.
Once you can determine this, you can now make use of the appropriate colours ─ darker colours for places that are cold, and lighter colours for places that are hot.
It is also possible to use a combination of colours to vary the temperature of various parts of your home. To get this done properly, contact Colorbond experts near you to help you provide a combination of colours that would not only expertly control the temperature of your building but also leave your building looking beautiful.
You could also change the colour of your Colorbond roof from time to time in order to fit the seasons, lighter colours for hotter seasons, darker colours for colder seasons. This way, you can keep your buildings at the best temperature possible, all year round.
Thinking about changing the colours of your Colorbond roof? Contact a Colorbond roofing expert today!
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