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What are the colors of the planets?

As you can see in the following list, there is a virtual rainbow of colors in the sky represented by the planets.

Planet	Color
Mercury	Orange
Venus	Yellow
Earth	Blue, brown, green

Planet	Color
Mars	Red
Jupiter	Yellow, red, brown, white
Saturn	Yellow
Uranus	Green
Neptune	Blue
Pluto	Yellow

Sources: Curtis, Anthony R. Space Almanac, p. 580; Moore, Patrick....

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