Can the color of soil indicate how much moisture it contains?

1 Hypothesis 4 How we conduct the investigation?

If you put a lot of water in the soil, then it transforms
from lighter to darker because of its moisture level.

2 Testing the Hypothesis

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3 What are the variables? moisture.
Independent: the amount of water 2.- the darkest soil is thicker
Dependent: moisture of soil
than lighter.
Control: soil (same type & quantity in each cup)