Why is the sun called “yellow dwarf” if the sun is very large

Question: Why is the sun called "yellow dwarf" if the sun is very large
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Asked by Phantom to Chris on 14 Mar 2016.
- Chris Conselice answered on 14 Mar 2016:
  
  The sun is not often called a yellow dwarf, but sometimes it is.
  What this means is that it is small compared to other stars, which are more massive. So while the Sun is very large to our standards, to some stars it is very small – namely the very massive bright giants.

Resh@science commented on 14 Mar 2016:

Interesting fact! I thought the sun was the biggest

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Phantom commented on 14 Mar 2016:

Ok,thank you.I have seen in many books that the sun is called the yellow dwarf so i just wanted to clarrify something.

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Question: Why is the sun called "yellow dwarf" if the sun is very large