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Actually the sun is not yellow but white as seen from space. The reason why the sun normally appears to be yellow is because of its heat and energy and the place from where we view it from. Temperature on the sun's surface is approximately 5780 K, and is what that gives the sun its color, which originally is white.

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the same reason water is wet

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No relation between the two!
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There's a relation between the two.... They are both physical objects.... The answer is still irrelevant....
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Why is the sky blue? Why is grass green? It's because god made it that color

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The question should be, did God have a choice but make them that way?
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That is who. Not why. Please answer the questions asked.
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light scatters making it appear that certain color
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The sun is yellow not only because of its temp but because the light rays get scattered while passing through our atmosphere and tht creates the affect of the sky being blue and the sun to be yellow

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The sun is a big ball'o fire and the light bends the suns rays

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Because God made it that way, and because it's so hot, it's light.

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The Color Of The Energy Us Yellow I Guess You Could Say.

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it's not really yellow its really black because the sun is on fire soo yea

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Sunlight appears as yellow because of the temperature at which it is burning and the interference in the atmosphere that filters out other colours of light that it emits. As noted throughout the day, sunlight may actually appear to change from yellow to orange to red (and perhaps other colours) depending on the amount of interference in the atmosphere that refracts the light.

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The sun appears yellow because white light that it emits scatters through the atmosphere. As the sun sets it appears more orange since it interacts with more atmospheric particles. Sometimes right before it sets for a few seconds it can even appear green.

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stupid question because you are human not an animal

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the sun is white because of the temp of the burning gases same reason when u put a paper clip in the fire on a gas stove it turns orange

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