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Dual color blinds in apartment; what side to sun?

Since I moved into this large apartment there were blinds here that are BLACK on one side and WHITE on the other. You know, they are on rollers and you pull them. Anyway when I arrived they were in great disarray, so I hastily rolled them up and put them back, not paying attention to the colors placement.

For the room to be cool, what color should face the sun? I'm assumming BLACK should face the sun to reflect it. But, I'm asking to be sure because I have to move massive furniture to correct this problem. But it needs done.

So to keep the sun out, the BLACK points to the outdoors or the WHITE points to the outdoors?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    White goes towards the outside and black towards the inside. White reflects the sunlight and black absorbs the sunlight. That is why most summer clothes are lighter in color and most winter clothes are darker.

    White is also the color a lot of neighborhood associations, and apartment/condo complexes require to "show to the street".

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