what color is the sun?

Answer 1

It appears white to our eyes, because it emits brightly all across the visible spectrum of light.

The peak output of the Sun occurs at 0.5 microns (500 nm), which is in the green portion of the spectrum.

Answer 2

If we dismiss the color changing effect of having its light going through a less than perfectly transparent atmosphere, the best evaluation of the true color of the sun is "pinkish". See link, someone actually spent quite a bit of time figuring this out.

Answer 3

Visually the sun is white--all main sequence stars would appear white when viewed from nearby.

However, because of the surface temperature of the sun and the peak wavelength of the light it emits, the sun is considered to be an average, yellow star, of type G2V.

Here's a link....

Answer 4

all colors, you'll need a prism to spread out the different colors of light from the sun, ROYGBIV spectrum, of course you won't be able to see ultraviolet or infrared or other forms of non-visible radiation

the only reason the sun appears yellow or red in morning or afternoon sunset, is because only colors you see since have to penetrate more atmosphere at time, but if you stare directly at it on high none (but don't) may appear a little yellow because of atmosphere and dust in atmosphere, but on clear day should appear white, (but don't stare at the sun! lol)

Answer 5

The sun's color is actually white.

We see it as yellow, because of scattering of it's spectrum by the time we see it on earth.

Answer 6

The Sun at 5780 deg K puts it about a light orange to white on the "Blackbody" spectrum scale.

Answer 7

The sun's color is yellow and some orange because sun is sooo hot and the fire was yello and and orange so do sun is yello and orange.

Answer 8

White. But it is a warm white, not a cool white, which means it has more yellow than blue. It is yellower than a common fluorescent light, you know the common 4 foot tubes, but bluer than a common incandescent light bulb. Color photography has to take this fact, called color temperature, into account to get true looking photographs. A camera adjusted for fluorescent lighting will take photographs in sunlight that look yellowish, and a camera adjusted for sunlight will take indoor pictures lit by only incandescent lights that are yellowish. And a camera adjusted for sunlight will take indoor pictures lit only by fluorescent lights that looks bluish.

Answer 9

our sun is a middle sized orange colour star

Answer 10

It is a very bright color.