what colours are in the rainbow?

Answer 1

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. A double rainbow includes a second, fainter, arc with colors in the opposite order.

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, indigo and violet. It is commonly thought that indigo was included due to the different religious connotations of the numbers six and seven at the time of Isaac Newton's work on light, despite its lack of scientific significance and the poor ability of humans to distinguish colours in the blue portion of the visual spectrum.

Answer 2

Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo and Violet.

Answer 3

Depends which rhyme you were taught! Its either:
Red and Orange and Yellow and Green, Blue and Indigo and Violet too,
or
Red and Yellow and Pink and Green, Purple and Orange and Blue, (....I can sing a rainbow, can u sing a rainbow too! lol!)
I suggest you just take a look at one next time they are about. Good Luck!

Answer 4

In school I was always taught the colours to sing in the song were: Red ( and)
Yellow (and)
Pink (and)
Green
Purple (and)
Orange (and)
Blue

but then on some kids programme recently I heard them singing it in a totally different order and with different colours. Go figure!

Answer 5

The colours of the bruise on my leg when the wind blew my car door on it. Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indido and violet

Answer 6

All colors are in the rainbow, it is the entire spectrum of visable light from red to violet. Through childrens songs and other lore, it has been referenced as 6 - 8 distinct colors, but in fact there are no distinct colors at all, just a gradient of all colors.

Answer 7

Red and yellow and pink and green,
Purple and orange and blue,
I can sing a rainbow,
Sing a rainbow,
Sing a rainbow too
:P he he :P
not really but it looks like everyone already answered this question and i <3 the song!

Answer 8

Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet.
White is not because it is a reflection of all colors.

Answer 9

Red and yellow and pink and green...... Purple and orange and blue. I can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow too.....

Answer 10

Indigo violet blue green yellow orange and red - it was a song at school