We have seen that starlight passing through the interstellar medium is dimmed and reddened. Look at the photo of a sunset on Earth. The Sun’s light also appears reddish at sunset. Given your understanding of the reddening of starlight, why do you think sunsets appear red?

Reddening of sun's rays at sunset and sunrise is due to scattering of light . The white light consisting of seven colours coming from the sun are scattered in different directions when they fall on the air particles present in atmosphere . Red coloured light scatters least and it travels straight forward to the viewer on the earth . On the other hand other colours scatter most and therefore they go out of area of vision for the viewer on the earth . Since only red colour reaches the eye of the viewer , sun's ray appear red . This happens during sunrise and sunset . It is so because during this period , sun rays travel far greater distance through atmosphere , so scattering is most pronounced .