The primary color of the sun when viewed from space is white. Although the sun appears yellow or orange when seen from Earth due to atmospheric scattering, particularly during sunrise and sunset, it emits light across the entire spectrum. When observed from outer space, without the interference of Earth's atmosphere, sunlight reveals its true color as white. This is because the sun is a nearly perfect black body radiator; it emits light in all visible wavelengths equally. The sun's white appearance can also be attributed to the fact that it produces enough energy in the blue spectrum, which accounts for its color when viewed against the dark backdrop of space.