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54 Colors of the Sun

John Spacey, May 25, 2022

The color of the sun depends upon the time and place of the observer including factors such as atmospheric conditions and weather. The following are common colors of the sun.

White

Sunlight is white and the sun appears white from space. Although the human mind perceives white as a plain color, white light is actually composed of all wavelengths of visible light such that it is unbelievably colorful. As the dominant source of light on Planet Earth, all other colors are created by reflecting or absorbing different wavelengths of light from white sunlight.

White
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Daylight

The daytime sun appears yellow because the atmosphere scatters short wavelengths of blue light more efficiently than longer wavelengths of red, orange and yellow light. This also is the reason that the sky is blue.

Dull Sunlight
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Sunshine #2
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Sunshine
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Sunlight
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Yellow
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Sunlight #2
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Sunset & Sunrise

When the sun is low on the horizon sunlight is passing through more atmosphere from your perspective. This causes the scattering effect to increase causing an orange or red sun. The scattering of light over this long distance can also turn the entire sky in the direction of the sunset or sunrise orange, pink, red or dark red. Sunlight can be shifted all the way to violet in a sunset such that the sky can also appear to be purplish.

Ruby Sunset
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Dark Sunset
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Burnt Sunset
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Sunset Pink
#b33f66

Spring Sunset
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Hazy Sunrise
#b89494

Plum Sunset
#ba15b4

Velvet Sunset
#bd646e

Indiana Sunrise
#bd7583

Rustic Sunrise
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Michigan Sunset
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All Hallows Sunset
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