Why the sun is reddish orange?

Answer 1

Earth atmosphere makes it appear that way

The same reason the sky is blue. Gas and small particulates in atmosphere scatters blue light far more than it scatters red light. Scattered blue light makes sky look blue in day. Unscattered red light (passing through extra atmosphere too at sunrise and sunset) makes sun look red/orange at sunrise or sunset.

Answer 2

When the light of the sun is filtered through the atmosphere and partially scattered, particularly when it is (visually) near the horizon, in early morning or late afternoon, when it has the greatest amount of air to pass through, it will appear reddish orange, but that is not the actual color of the sun, which I would describe as a slightly yellowish white. The color of the sun is the result of its temperature. To actually be reddish orange, the sun would have to be much cooler than it is.

Answer 3

The sun appears reddish-orange during sunrise and sunset due to the scattering of shorter-wavelength blue and green light by the Earth's atmosphere. This leaves predominantly longer-wavelength red and orange light to reach our eyes, resulting in the sun's distinctive color.

Answer 4

The color of the sun and sky are caused by the earth's atmospheric contents.

Answer 5

the angle of diffraction is dependent on wavelength. so the red & orange light gets through, while green & blue light is deflected.

Answer 6

Because particles in our atmosphere cause the white light from the sun to scatter and split into individual components.

Answer 7

because of the Southern lights:)