Why Is the Sun Yellow?
If you ask a random person to tell you what color the sun is , chances are he will look at you like you're an idiot and tell you the sun is yellow. Would you be surprised to learn the sun is not yellow? It's actually white. If you were to view the sun from the International Space Station or the moon, you'd see its true color. Check space photos online. See the true color of the sun? The reason the sun appears yellow during the day from Earth, or orange to red at sunrise and sunset , is because we view our favorite star through the filter of the atmosphere. The True Color of the Sun If you view sunlight through a prism, you can see the entire range ofwavelengths of light. Another example of the visible portion of the solar spectrum is seen in the rainbow. Sunlight isn't a single color of light, but a combination of the emission spectra of all the elements in the star. All of the wavelengths combine to form white light, which is the net col...
