What happens to the particles to create the colours?
2006-10-01 10:20:58 · 17 answers · asked by Adam S 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
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2006-10-01 10:22:51 · answer #1 · answered by shayney boy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rainbow effect can be observed whenever there are water drops in the air and sunlight shining from behind the observer at a low altitude or angle. The most spectacular rainbow displays when half of the sky is still dark with draining clouds and the observer is at a spot with clear sky overhead. The rainbow effect is also commonly seen near waterfalls or fountains. Rainbow fringes can sometimes be seen at the edges of backlit clouds and as vertical bands in distant rain or virga. The effect can also be artificially created by dispersing water droplets into the air during a sunny day.
2006-10-02 02:23:10 · answer #2 · answered by catdyer2005 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
White light - the colour we can't see but which allows us to see -
iis made up of seven different colours.
When it rains and the sun shines at the same time, the sun's rays, white light, is refracted through the rain drops at different degrees or angles.
Each colour that makes white light can be seen seperately in the order red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet and the angles different at which the colours leave the raindrops cause the arc to form.
There are things called rainbow trees, which are hollow metal tree shapes which shoot water into the air round the tree. In the sun, a rainbow forms round the tree making it a very attractive addition to a garden.
2006-10-04 06:29:14 · answer #3 · answered by drstella 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In terms of light, there is no such colour as White light.
What we call White is acctually the mixing of seven colours on the visible part of the Electromagentic Spectrum; Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo & Violet.
Sun light is the white colour as I describe. We see sunlight as white, but it is acctually the mixture of the 7.
When Sunlight passes into a droplet of water, it enters, is bent by the refraction of the water, and exits. Because each of the 7 colours are bent at different angles, we see the Spectrum.
2006-10-01 10:33:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Rainbows are formed when the sun shines through water droplets ,which act like a prism. The colors contained in white light are separated yielding the rainbow.
2006-10-01 10:25:26 · answer #5 · answered by tambraei 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After lengthy research I have concluded that rainbows are formed by leprechans. This is a direct result of flatulance as the little gnome leaps from his hidden treasure. the particulate matter is, of course, a mixture of magic gnome dust and fecal matter resulting in a dazzling display of colour. So always look for the end of the rainbow, just don't get too close along the way!
2006-10-01 11:13:48 · answer #6 · answered by girl_lost_without_compass 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rainbows are caused by sunlight going through raindrops. They act like a prism and seperate all the colors, causing a rainbow.
2006-10-01 10:25:37 · answer #7 · answered by Amy Beware 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light hitting tiny droplets of water and splitting into the spectrum of colours seen when light passes through a prism.
2006-10-01 10:22:57 · answer #8 · answered by lovelylexie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sunlight contains a color spectrum. When sunlight passes through water the spectrum appears in the water particles (acting as a prism) because of it's composition.
I am a believer in God and this is one of many, many things that amazes me about his creativity and beauty.
2006-10-01 10:24:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Moisture in the atmosphere acting as a prism is what causes rainbows.
2006-10-01 10:34:30 · answer #10 · answered by al f 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun shining through raindrops at a certain angle to your viewing position.
When the sun shifts or the rain gets heavier or stops it goes away.
2006-10-01 10:24:08 · answer #11 · answered by tucksie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋