The sun is actually green (that is, is approximated by a black body emitter with a peak in the green region of the visual spectrum, see [1]). Its light appears

The sun is actually green (that is, is approximated by a black body emitter with a peak in the green region of the visual spectrum, see [1]). Its light appears white because that is how we are conditioned evolutionarily. ("True" white -- i.e. equal spectral energy -- appears blue-grey to us.) The sun "looks" orange because when you can look at it (sunrise/sunset), its light is heavily filtered by the atmosphere. [1] https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-f9bc312e4d114e9e32a62714c36580aa https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-f9bc312e4d114e9e32a627...