Why do Uranus and Neptune appear blue, does their atmospheric composition contribute to this color?

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Why do Uranus and Neptune appear blue, does their atmospheric composition contribute to this color?

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The methane in Neptune’s upper atmosphere absorbs the red light from the sun but reflects the blue light from the Sun back into space.

Uranus is the same reason.

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