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DAWN (the 16th-See also:century See also:form of the earlier " Jawing " or " dawning," from an old verb " daw," O. Eng. dagian, to become See also:day; cf. Dutch dagen, and Ger. tagen)  , the See also:time when See also:light appears (daws) in the See also:sky in the See also:morning . The See also:dawn See also:colours appear in the See also:reverse See also:order of the sunset colours and are due to the same cause . When the See also:sun is lowest in both cases the See also:colour is deep red; this gradually changes through See also:orange to See also:gold and brilliant yellow as the sun approaches the See also:horizon . These colours follow each other in order of refrangibility, reproducing all the colours of the spectrum in order except the See also:blue rays which are scattered in the sky . The colours of the dawn are purer and colder than the sunset colours since there is less dust and moisture in the See also:atmosphere and less consequent sifting of light rays .

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