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Yellows and greens are the frequencies of light that the human eye sees most readily.


5 posted on 06/11/2023 11:45:04 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai
To match the peak wavelength of light that the sun produces, which is somewhere in the yellow-green:



As given by the blackbody radiation curve of the sun based on its temperature. And also what the atmosphere doesn't absorb.
8 posted on 06/11/2023 11:56:45 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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