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Blue colour of the sky is due to
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scattering of light
Blue colour of the sky is due to scattering of light. Scattering $\propto \frac{1}{\lambda^4}$ and $\lambda$ is least for blue colour among the fundamental colour red, green and blue. So blue colour of light scattered the most. Therefore sky appear blue.
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