Description : Why does CSF appears to be dark in T1 and white in T2?
Last Answer : I think that it is because the two types of MRI detirmine to color differently. T1 determines color based on spin-lattice relaxation time, while T2 determine color based on spin-spin relation time. Both ... dark. Since cerebrospinal fluid is mostly water, it shows up dark in T1 and light in T2.