What color is the sun / sunlight?

Frequently, we hear described sunlight as golden, or the sun as yellow, or yellowish white.

Yet the whitest halogen car headlights shining late afternoon on a garage wall look at best like very late afternoon sunlight. The purest sunlight of midday is full spectrum—which would not be possible if the sun were yellow.

Yes, I understand that early morning and pre-sunset sunlight is affected by the atmosphere to look red. But what about pure sunlight? It gives a full spectrum as if white. yet most will maintain the sun is yellow or golden.