2007-01-11 09:43:43 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
No.
It is a continuous spectrum of different wavelengths
2007-01-11 09:46:50 · answer #1 · answered by andy_bermuda_2003 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The scientific answer is that there is one colour for every possible wavlength in the visible spectrum; this would be a huge number, but not infinite.
There aren't even seven colours as usually thought, only six. The discoverer of light spectra was Sir Issac Newton. Besides being a mathematical and scientific genius, he was also an alchemist and an advanced student of mysticism and the occult. Seven is a very lucky number in alchemy (why many people view the number seven as lucky today), and despite only being able to view six distinct colours, Newton invented indigo to push it up to seven and so make the light spectrum alchemically special too.
2007-01-11 11:11:20 · answer #2 · answered by Diocletian 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, there is more but these are not visible by the human eye. One colour which is always forgotten is the MAUVE, a light pinkish-blue which is really there and easy to see. It was replaced by the so-called Indigo dark-violet-blue at the end of the rainbow to make the seven colours. And, by the way, I think strongly that the middle colour is yellow and not green.
See for yourself. Smile.
2007-01-12 10:44:14 · answer #3 · answered by Nicolette 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the wavelengths of visible light are there but Newton split it into seven cause he thought seven was a mythical number - indigo and violet are very hard to distinguish but he split them up to get his seven colours.
2007-01-14 00:53:38 · answer #4 · answered by Redhead 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are only three basic colours red, blue and yellow, rest of all are just results of their combination ratios.
So it may be more than seven, but seven are more prominent ones.
2007-01-13 00:48:19 · answer #5 · answered by Ishfaq A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-11 09:47:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
every color but black grey and white. If you wanna act smart to your friends or whoever, then you can say stuff like how you cant go from one straight color to another without a BLEND, thats the key to the rainbow, a blend of all the colors, not just the 7 prime colors.
2007-01-11 09:53:22 · answer #7 · answered by I_Pity_Th3_F00l3 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Roy G. Biv. Not very elegant is it? I prefer "Richard Of York Gained Battles In Vain", easy to remember and a little history lesson.
ps black, white and grey are not colours.
2007-01-11 12:56:58 · answer #8 · answered by Fitz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually there are three main colors- red, blue and yellow- every other color comesfrom a blending of these three- the other four "colors of the rainbow" come from an equal blending of any two of these colors then when observed closely, every shade or variation of these blendings can be found in between- the main colors and equal blendings will be most prominent
2007-01-11 09:52:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
colour is an illusion of the mind. rainbows dont exist
2007-01-13 11:46:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it has all the colors in the spectrum, all of them. We just can't perceive all of them when we look at a rainbow with the naked eye.
2007-01-11 09:49:17 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋