I have pictures of asphalt I took that make it look bright white. How things look depends on many things, not the least of which is how you expose the film. There are pictures of the Moon's surface making it look pitch black, too. Worse, the illumination of the lunar surface depends on the angle of the sunlight with respect to the camera as well.

As I said before, this is a complicated topic with many "side issues" which are critical to understanding them. I strongly urge you to do what I did: research this issue first. I have made plenty of mistakes while discussing this issue, but I followed up by researched them, and wound up learning quite a bit. Far from casting any doubt, my research has reinforced the idea that these missions were indeed real and an incredible achievement.

As far as your weblinks go, you seem to be terribly confused. The thermal capabilities of the Apollo capsules were designed with two things in mind: the electornics run hot, and that heat must be dumped. So, if the electronics are off, the capsule will perforce be cold. It's really just that simple.