- cross-posted to:
- askscience@lemmy.world
- youshouldknow@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- askscience@lemmy.world
- youshouldknow@lemmy.world
The sun is not yellow or orange as we see in books and movies. It emits all the colours in the visible spectrum (also in other spectrums as well) making it white!
Because our atmosphere causes “scattering” of hues in the highest frequencies. This is the same reason the sky appears blue.