Which of the following is the colour of Planet Saturn?

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Reddish

Green

Slate grey

Yellow

answer is D.

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Saturn has a yellow colour.
Saturn is the sixth planet away from the sun and the second largest planet in the solar system after Jupiter. It is a gas giant with an average radius of about

9

times Earth's. It has only one-eighth the average density of Earth. Saturn is a gas giant whose atmosphere primarily consists of hydrogen and helium. The ringed planet is the least dense of all other planets and the only planet less dense than the water. It also has rings-like Neptune but less in number and has several satellites.
Saturn has an overall hazy yellow-brown appearance. This is because the dominant colour of Saturn's thick clouds is yellow. "Sunlight reflected from those clouds is what gives Saturn its colour. When we look at Saturn, we see the upper cloud layer of its atmosphere, which contains ammonia crystals. It is the ammonia crystals that give Saturn its pale yellow colour.

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