When considering a retractable awning, one of the major decisions is choosing a fabric color. Homeowners often ask if the awning color affects how cool it is under the awning. This is easy to assume, since darker colors absorb more heat and lighter colors reflect the sunlight, but is there a difference when those fabrics are designed to provide shade? The Craft-Bilt Fabric Collection All of the awning fabrics in the Craft-Bilt Fabric Collection are made with 100% solution-dyed acrylic, which means they block 90% of UV rays. It doesn’t matter if the awning is black, tan, white, or any other color. When you’re sitting on your deck, relaxing underneath your new awning, there will be no noticeable difference between different colored fabrics. They will all provide: