White light coming from the sun has to travel more distance in the atmosphere before reaching the observer. During this, the scattering of all coloured lights except the light corresponding to red colour takes place and so only the red coloured light reaches to the observer. Therefore, the sun appears reddish at sunrise and sunset.
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