Is it yellow because from Earth it usually looks yellow to us? Or is it white because the sun gives off all wavelengths of light (white light)? Or is it some other color?
In: Planetary Science
The sun is white by definition, because sunlight is what white light is, that’s where the idea comes from. It’s a mixture of the visible spectrum in roughly equal quantities.
It looks yellowish on Earth when the atmosphere starts scattering it.
It does peak in green, though, so if you want to annoy people you can go around with that factoid, saying it’s AKHTUAHLY green.
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