Rain bearing clouds look black because ........

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Rain bearing clouds look black because

All light is scattered by them

The large number of water droplets in them absorb all the sunlight

They reflect the sunlight back into the atmosphere

There is a lot of dust condensed on the water vapour in such clouds

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Explanation:

The colour of any object depends on its ability to reflect selected wavelengths of light. Consequently, if the object does not reflect any colour, it appears black. The tiny droplets of water in rain clouds scatter the white light of the Sun. Red is scattered first, and violet the last. Thus, we do not see the rays of the Sun and this results in a dark effect. A normal clouds have no water, the light is not scattered and thus look white