2007-07-31 01:52:50 · 13 answers · asked by rain_zak 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Hmmm...
Each color of light is visible at a different wavelength. Droplets of water or a glass prism slows the light waves enough so that you can see the individual colors in the order of wavelength that they are visible.
2007-07-31 01:56:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rainbow Order Of Colors
2016-09-28 15:14:31 · answer #2 · answered by diemoz 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's always the same because of how the water droplets in the air scatter the light. And actually, if you get a double rainbow, the order of colors in the outer arc will be reversed.
2007-07-31 04:21:46 · answer #3 · answered by Navigator 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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I'm guessing that it has to do with each color having a different wave length. It would be truly surprising to have the wave lengths scrambled. It just makes more sense that they show up in an orderly fashion, from the longest to the shortest (or vice versa for the double -inner- rainbow).
2016-04-06 04:13:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The drops of water in a rainstorm separate out the colors (like a prism) based on their wavelengths. The spectrum of wavelengths governs the colors always in the same order.
2007-07-31 03:03:57 · answer #5 · answered by Kes 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The refraction of light is affected by the wavelength of the light, and the relative wavelengths of the different colors does not change in relation to each other.
2007-07-31 01:56:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The refraction of white rays through a prism produces different colour rays depending upon the wavelength of each colour.As the wavelength of each colour is always constant, the angle of refraction of each colour remains constant thereby the colour sequence also remains the same.As rain drop also acts like a prism producing the rainbow and its colours,the colour sequence remains the same here also.
2007-07-31 08:02:31 · answer #7 · answered by Arasan 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because the speed of light never changes. And the refraction is the same in almost every part of the world..
2007-07-31 01:55:55 · answer #8 · answered by DEVE 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is the order of the visual spectrum of colours.
Thats why they had you look through prisms in grade 4. Or did you miss that class?
2007-07-31 01:56:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Because thats the way the light refracts through the rain.
2007-07-31 01:55:21 · answer #10 · answered by tricycle_pilot 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋