Why is the sky yellow? People can't agree if it's a red sun or orange sky

Most people appear to think it's yellow – but they are slowly changing their mind

People aren't quite sure what colour the sky is.

The sun and sky have turned a strange, apocalyptic colour. But almost as unusual is the debate about what colour it actually is: orange, red or yellow.

Data on Google Trends shows that people searching "why is the sky..." amid the bizarre weather aren't agreed on what colour it is. Yellow is easily winning – but it is gradually dropping away, with red and orange sticking around.

The strange sky is a result of the bizarre weather passing over the UK. Hurricane Ophelia has whipped up storms, carrying with them sand from southern Europe and Africa that's now kept up in the sky.

That's why the sky resembles that in the Sahara (or on Star Wars' Tattooine) rather than the UK – because that's actually where it's come from.