What Color Are Your Tarps?

And why?
Mine are yellow. Yes, they match the paint on my rig, but that is not the whole reason. The main reason is heat. A dark color, especially black, will abosorb the heat from the sun and reflect it back onto you. Light colors do not do this.
Think about this the next time you go to buy tarps. Light colors cost the same as black, so why make your job more miserable than it needs to be?

 

Black absorbs the sunlight and produces heat. This heat radiates back onto you.
Come summer, especially in the South, or the deserts, you have to deal with enough heat. So, why produce more? Heat is a major killer of people, yearly. Even if it doesn't kill you, it can incapacitate a person, severely.
I'm not too worried about showing the dirt, they all get dirty. But, I am concerned about staying as comfortable, as possible, while doing my job without making it more difficult for myself.
As an experiment, on the next cloudless, hot day, set two plastic chairs directly in the sun, one white, one black. Let me know which one you manage to sit in the longest.

 

My yellow tarps aren't so pretty, anymore. But, they are still cooler to work with, than dark ones.

 

No, they get as dirty, but they do show it more.
Which is more important, to you? A pretty tarp, or avoiding a trip to the hospital for heat stroke and possible death?
This is the gist of this discussion. We face enough dangers, every day. Why bring more on to ourselves, when we can avoid it, simply by changing a color?