You cannot wear these two colors of swimsuits while swimming! What are the colors of outdoor sports clothing that require fabric | UV | Outdoor sports
Summer has arrived, and swimming is a great sport. The choice of swimsuit not only requires comfort, but also safety. In many sports scenes, clothing color can serve as a protective and warning function. How to choose colors for sportswear such as swimsuits?
A professional organization conducted an experiment to study the impact of swimsuit color on children's safety. The experiment observed the visibility of different colored swimsuits on calm and wavy water surfaces in indoor swimming pools and outdoor lakes, and concluded that the fluorescent color scheme with strong contrast is the best swimsuit color in both indoor swimming pools and lake water. Fluorescent colors such as fluorescent orange, fluorescent green, fluorescent powder, and fluorescent red are more vibrant. Fluorescent swimsuits can improve children's visibility in water and help parents or safety personnel take care of children in water. White, light blue, and black are not recommended swimsuit colors, and their visibility in the experiment is poor or they may blend in with the environment, making them difficult to detect. This experimental conclusion also applies to the scenario where adults choose swimsuits.
Entering the hot summer, people should pay attention to strengthening sun protection during outdoor activities and tend to choose light colored clothing, which feels cooler. However, in this case, more ultraviolet rays will be projected onto the skin through the fabric. For dark colored clothing, most of the ultraviolet rays are absorbed by the fabric, greatly reducing the amount of ultraviolet rays that reach the skin surface through the fabric. However, at the same time, dark colored clothing absorbs a large amount of ultraviolet rays, making people feel even hotter.
Taking polyester, the most common sportswear fabric, as an example, research has found that the color of polyester fabric has a significant impact on its UV radiation resistance, in descending order: black, navy blue, red, dark green, and purple. Black, navy blue, and red polyester fabrics have better sun protection performance.
Nowadays, some sports clothing uses professional UV resistant fabrics, which have undergone specialized UV resistant processing technology and can provide sufficient and effective UV protection. At this time, the color of the clothing is no longer a key factor in UV protection. In this case, light colored sportswear can be chosen to achieve the effect of sun protection without stuffiness.
The number of mosquitoes increases significantly in summer, especially at night, which becomes the primary concern for people walking and exercising. Mosquitoes have a tendency towards darkness, and wearing dark colored clothing is more likely to attract mosquito bites, while light colored clothing can reduce the probability of being bitten by mosquitoes.
In addition, when engaging in outdoor running or cycling activities, the choice of clothing colors should be as bright and eye-catching as possible. Research has shown that fluorescent yellow green is the best choice under daytime light, and the human eye is most sensitive to the wavelength of this color. At night, when the light is dim, orange and red perform better. It is best to choose clothing with reflective materials or wear professional outdoor reflective tapes in suitable areas for night sports to increase visibility, prevent collisions, and improve safety.
So, for outdoor sports clothing, in addition to considering pleasing colors, we also need to consider the characteristics of different sports, and prioritize choosing clothing that can provide us with safety protection according to needs.