Who named the colours of the rainbow?

Answer 1

Wayne Baldhatchet, of 29 Melbury Avenue, Norwood Green, Middlesex UB2 4HS UK - at 5.16pm (GMT) on November 5, 1998.

Answer 2

It's been used in mythology and various religions for thousands of years. I don't know who named the colours because these were probably all accepted at different times throughout history. For mythological and religious interpretations of the rainbow you might want to start at:

http://www.zianet.com/rainbow/frrelig.htm

Answer 3

Newton is responsible for the poorly visualised indigo!

Read on..

A traditional way of recalling each of the seven colours of the rainbow in sequence is by using the mnemonic "Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain", where the first letter of each word corresponds to the first letter of each colour. The mnemonic probably alludes to the defeat and death of Richard, Duke of York at the Battle of Wakefield, a battle Richard had himself started, although it could also refer to the defeat of Richard III, the last Yorkist king, at the Battle of Bosworth Field. In York, an alternative version is taught that goes "Rowntrees Of York Gave Best In Value", referring to the confectionery Rowntrees. Another, less obvious, though more common way is the use of the meaningless name Roy G. Biv or ROYGBIV. This method is purely phonetic. Some humorous examples also exist, including "Ring Out Your Granny's Boots In Vinegar".

All these mnemonics follow the tradition of including the colour indigo between blue and violet. Newton had inserted indigo probably to increase the number of colours to seven—a theologically preferred number. Some sources now omit indigo, partly due to the poor ability of humans to distinguish colours in the blue portion of the visual spectrum.[4] Since rainbows are composed of a nearly continuous spectrum, different people, most notably across different cultures, identify different numbers of colours in rainbows.



I hope that helps!

Answer 4

Word for colors evolve gradually out of a culture. Usually black and white are the first names colors, then red, then either green or yellow, then next both green and yellow, and so on. A great deal of colors were names in Indo-European times, hence some similarities in sounds between languages (Red in Ancient Greek is Eruthros, in German Rot, and according to my IE dictionary it all comes from a root word 'reudh-').

Answer 5

Rudolph Valentino

Answer 6

Following the Flood, when Noah and his family emerged from the Ark, God made a covenant there would never be another Flood.

To seal this eternal contract with Noah, God created the rainbow.

Noah and his family named the colours.

Answer 7

God did. this was the sign in the bible God made a covenent between Noah and himself, that the earth will not be destroyed by flood. the rainbow is a promise.

Answer 8

No one "named" them. They are words that mean diffrent colors. The rainbow is just light refracting that registers in our brain as colors

Answer 9

God. And I know a verse to remember them. Richard Of York Gave Birth In Vain. I used to know a verse about the planets, but then they downgraded Pluto, so I don't know it any more.

Answer 10

not sure but the best way to remember the colors are ROY G BIV
red
orange
yellow
green
blue
indigo
violet