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I don't understand how anyone could think that the sun is yellow, without questioning why they're able to see other colors in daylight besides yellow. It's like they don't even have the most basic understanding of how light and color work. It is impossible for the sun to be any color other than white, otherwise other colors wouldn't exist.
It does look yellowish though
It do look quite yellow though.
It's because it's going through atmosphere. Your seeing it with a bunch of blue wavelengths scattered by the atmosphere (take note of the blue sky).
Making the sun, when viewed directly, have a yellowish tint.
It's still white.
If it's yellowish, then it's yellowish, not white - if we're talking what can be spectrographically measured. If we're talking about perception then it gets rather interesting with the way our eyes/brain compensate for light sources - see white balance on cameras, or that green/gold/blue/white dress controversy.
Sorry chief, most people dont have any understanding of how light and color work.
Or anything else for that matter
looks yellow to me get your eyes checked
No it’s Becky.
yah, duh. Still looks yeller.
The fact that you're down voted really speaks to the level of scientific illiteracy here
I think because it's a joke and you both got whoooshed
Nope, it's because of the "common sense" as in "everyone who doesn't know what I know is stupid".
From talking to other people, I believe my knowledge of colors and light is considerably higher than normal, but I would never think someone lacks "common sense" (which reads to me that they are stupid) for not knowing these things.
In fact when I show people how some colors are not visibly reflected on different wavelengths, and they seem interested, it makes me happy. I don't expect them to know that, but the fact that they are curious and interested shows they are willing to learn, and that is nice.
But comments like these makes people not want to learn.