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this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2025
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I don't understand how anyone could think that the sun is yellow, without questioning why they're able to see other colors in daylight besides yellow. It's like they don't even have the most basic understanding of how light and color work. It is impossible for the sun to be any color other than white, otherwise other colors wouldn't exist.
It do look quite yellow though.
It's because it's going through atmosphere. Your seeing it with a bunch of blue wavelengths scattered by the atmosphere (take note of the blue sky).
Making the sun, when viewed directly, have a yellowish tint.
It's still white.
If it's yellowish, then it's yellowish, not white - if we're talking what can be spectrographically measured. If we're talking about perception then it gets rather interesting with the way our eyes/brain compensate for light sources - see white balance on cameras, or that green/gold/blue/white dress controversy.