2006-07-02 07:28:37 · 17 answers · asked by sniffer 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
I realize what a rainbow is. I'm looking for scientific or medical explanations of why some people can taste/smell color. More than "their wires are crossed"
2006-07-02 08:48:14 · update #1
i believe light has a smell, our brains are just too underdeveloped to reognize it.
2006-07-02 07:35:58 · answer #1 · answered by oscar7472 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
From our friends at Wikipedia: "A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that causes a nearly continuous spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the Sun shines onto droplets of moisture in the Earth's atmosphere. It takes the form of a multicoloured arc, with red on the outside and violet on the inside. Even though a rainbow spans a continuous spectrum of colours, traditionally the full sequence of colours is most commonly cited as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet."
So no, you can't "smell" it.
2006-07-02 08:11:53 · answer #2 · answered by mazallen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you can not smell a rainbow, it only has a visual property. A rainbow is a visual object created by refraction of light thru moisture in the air, normally seen with rain in the area.
2006-07-02 08:28:43 · answer #3 · answered by CINDY W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, because a rainbow is formed by the sun light hitting the water particle in the sky, so smelling a rainbow is kind of hard
in case u haven't notice u can never really get close enough to smell it because it isn't solid or has a scent of its own
2006-07-02 07:32:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A rainbow is a form of energy. It is light which has been broken into bands of color by the prism properties of raindrops. It doesn't emit molecules that could be sensed by smell.
2006-07-02 07:36:54 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
white light, like from the sun, what you would see in a rainbow, is a "mixture" of all colors. what you see in a rainbow is a phenomenon of all 7 colors being refracted by a prism, water droplets, etc. good question though.
2006-07-02 08:16:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If theres been a recent thunderstorm you may notice the ozone thunderstorm smell, and sorta relate that to the rainbow.
2006-07-02 07:38:46 · answer #7 · answered by Alice Chaos 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's an interesting question. never tried smelling a rainbow before. have you?
2006-07-02 07:31:02 · answer #8 · answered by onlyhuman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope a rain bow is a phenonomon of light not smell
2006-07-02 07:30:38 · answer #9 · answered by first_gholam 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think that's possible because a rainbow is just a beam of light.
2006-07-02 07:32:04 · answer #10 · answered by baddawg1211756 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it smells like misty rain water
seriously
2006-07-02 07:33:17 · answer #11 · answered by smilingontime 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋