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The Starmaker wrote:
> 
> Sam Wormley wrote:
> >
> > On 10/3/15 4:37 PM, Yousuf Khan wrote:
> > > The Sun looks white in space, from outside the atmosphere, but that's
> > > primarily because it's so close to us, all colours look saturated in our
> > > vision.
> >
> >    No--The Sun looks almost white to us because our eyes have evolved
> >    with green, blue and red sensors. Even though there is a peak in the
> >    yellow green range, there is still plenty of red and blue making
> >    white.
> 
> plenty of red and blue does not make white.
> 
> The reason why they see red shifts is because red is the weakest
> color...it's the first to go.


hottest stars are blue, while coldest stars are red. 
http://www.astrophysical.org/starclassification.php


that would mean the green stars are ...just right.