The Sun, as we all know, is a main sequence white star. It is glowing white hot at the centre of our solar system. Well, it is being called the Solar System for this same reason!
Almost all representations and paintings of the sun are
made in yellow colour. Even we ourselves draw it as such. As far as I have
read, it has only been a discussion topic in the net quite recently.
There are many possible reasons why we yellow it:
- The only time when the sun can be comfortably viewed with the naked eye is during the sunset/sunrise. The sun assumes a comfortable candy yellow colour this time due to scattering. Hence that became the standard colour.
- We were usually given white papers to draw sceneries in our kindergarten years. To make the sun appear bright on such a white background, yellow became a good choice.
- The appearance of sunlight as yellowish due to scattering of blue wavelengths in the sky.
- Some comparison of egg yolks with the sun (as in the phrase "sunny side up.")
As per Yahoo answers, the first point seems to be
the more reasonable one.
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| A typical cartoon Sun |
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| A more natural depiction of sun |
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| Sun in the usual yellow. |
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| Real Sun. Note that filters are applied here to make more subtle features visible. |
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| Real Sun as visible on a clear sky. |
Enjoy reading and be open to the things that world has to offer.
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