What color is Jupiter - really?

Question

I have seen may pics with an orange color and others with yellow/gold. I know many pics are color enhanced, but does anyone know what color jupiter (or its outer atmosphere to be more specific) is really?

Answer 1

space probe cassini took three sets of images, red, green, and blue.

from these, a mosaic was put together that confirms jupiter's upper atmosphere is banded, with red, brown, and white bands.

Answer 2

Through a telescope, Jupiter shows a variety of colors, the most distinctive of which are bluish white and rusty brown (in the bands). The Great Red Spot is a sort of pinkish. This picture is probably reasonably close to a natural-color portrait - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030906.html

Answer 3

It's definitely not blue. Just google some images of it with no filter. Alot of the pictures you see use certain light filters so certain gases/clouds will show up better. In natural color it's a brownish orange. I have a huge telescope so I've seen it with my own eyes. The greenish blue planet that I think you are referring to is Uranus.

Answer 4

jupiter changes color, slowly in years,each band change both in hue and saturation.

moreover the photographic digital cameras of 20 years ago mounted onto some satellites were only in false colors, so all the images were color enhanced/corrected.

printing also gives some chromatic aberrations, depending on the printer, method of printing(laser/sublimation or inkjet) and printing parameters (saturation, color correction, RGB or CMYK printers)

Answer 5

The main color of jupiter is really orange as the first layer, white as the secound layer, and then orange again, and white again. I know this because my father is an astronaut.

Answer 6

Hubble site. Go there. No atmosphere to interfere with true color.

Answer 7

It's multicolored. Go to the Hubble side and look at some true color images.

Answer 8

It really is just a blend.

Answer 9

may be it red.

Answer 10

i think red!