What is the order of colours in a rainbow starting at the outside edge?

Correct answer: Red/orange/yellow/green/blue/indigo/violet

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Player #2707764
Player #2707764
I've spend a lot of time in Helicopters, when airbourne, the rainbow becomes a perfect circle and you can fly through the center.
constantgamer0421
constantgamer0421
Crazy but true, I once saw a rainbow in the dark....the edge of dusk just before full dark of night. It was just shades of grays and browns, but it was totally cool to see!
KookyOrangutan5005
KookyOrangutan5005
I didn't know a double rainbow is reversed!! ill be looking for that
Missy K
Missy K
During a sun shower, look opposite the sun to catch a glimpse of a rainbow, I like double and triple rainbows, once I saw 5 rainbows at one time, granted the 4th and 5th were more faint, but still a beautiful sight!
lolita413
lolita413
colors in spectrum order are a huge thing with me, lol. I actually have the clothes in my closet hung in color order.
Player #4003880
Player #4003880
Player #2707764, I recently took a picture at a river in central Missouri of a rainbow from the ground that was a perfect circle double rainbow. I felt that nature gave me a gift that day by allowing me to see that amazingly beautiful sit
ComicalPegasus108
ComicalPegasus108
Being from the UK, We were always taught the following rhyme which helps remember the colour order of the Rainbow..... "Richard Of York Gave Battle in Vein"
Jenicorn292625
Jenicorn292625
anyone else get "I can sing a rainbow" stuck in their head from this?clearly sung it one to many times to my 3yr old haha
justoleleslie
justoleleslie
I was taught in school by one of my teachers Roy G Biv and I haven't forgotten it since! It was sixth grade to be exact!!
Player Elf Council
Player Elf Council
KookyOrangutan5005, I've seen triple rainbow.
Jenn Natalia
Jenn Natalia
Not on a double rainbow...
Queen
Queen
How about just Roy G Biv?
Ken
Ken
the question said, " rainbow." I took that to mean all rainbows, not just primary rainbows, so the right answer was the wrong answer ?
paulsarnik6@gmail.com
paulsarnik6@gmail.com
I learned the order of the colors from the Primus song The Rainbow 🌈 Goblins from the kid's book! 🤓😎✌🏻🌈
Kathy
Kathy
It’s roygbiv
arohanui
arohanui
Jennifer, those are the modern chakra colours. The traditional colours are completely different
Baba
Baba
Player #2707764, wish I could experience what you did. Lucky you😍
Taiwan
Taiwan
It does NOT have to be "Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain". You can put in your own words that can fit nicely into ROYGBIV For example, Rose of Yorkshire Gave Barbarism in vain. It does not have to make sense, as long as it made sense and you can remember ROYGBIV when you say it in your head mentally. Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain is such a classic lol 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Wannabe Vulcan
Wannabe Vulcan
constantgamer0421, and a great song, too!
kim
kim
constantgamer0421, a moonbow. That was a question in this game
wesley
wesley
it is also just easy to remember the man's name Roy G Biv.
DUCHESS TERI
DUCHESS TERI
constantgamer0421, it's correct I read about the night rainbow
CrimsonLace
CrimsonLace
my daughter and I were riding down a road when all of a sudden the rainbow we'd been admiring came into the truck with us. Well actually I drove into it but still pretty cool. don't ya think
CrimsonLace
CrimsonLace
easiest way to remember this is " Roy G. Biv"
Lori
Lori
Roy G Biv, sounds like a guys name. That’s how I remember it.
Lash
Lash
justoleleslie, I can't remember when I learned it, but it answered this question for me! lol.
Peacekiwi
Peacekiwi
joejoe, Kids now call pink and purple instead of indigo and violet so when I sing it to them they correct me and tell me nanny it’s pink and purple not indigo and violet which I replied no it’s not because Roygbiv not Roygbpp
Andra
Andra
Player #2707764, that phenomena is called a Gloria. A round rainbow formed when you are between the light source and the water surface it's projected on (even the water in clouds)
Hanoj
Hanoj
Roygbiv…
Player #53829627
Player #53829627
the rainbow you see is unique to your position so no one actually sees the same rainbow
LipsAKimbo
LipsAKimbo
how does the flip a tile work?
Laura
Laura
Player #2707764, that must be incredible!
Player #34214294
Player #34214294
Starting from outside edge!!!
KAITLYNMARIA
KAITLYNMARIA
constantgamer0421, that's a moonbow then! they're not verry common
B to the ill
B to the ill
The cat in the hat knows a lot about that! I would watch with my son and now that jingle is in my head anytime I hear about rainbows.
Indigo Shade
Indigo Shade
My Mum caught a double rainbow with a film camera. no planning just raced outside and snapped it. won grand champion at the local show several years later. Blue is the longest wavelength as it is the only one you see when deep underwater, so the answer with blue toward the end is the right one.
me
me
mine was Roy g biv
Jennifer
Jennifer
1st time I see this, but won't forget it as it is in the same order as the chakra colors from the root chakra up to the crown chakra. Just wonderful.
Player #20048639
Player #20048639
refraction splits the light into a myriad of wavelengths. The number of colours produced is debatable.
Player #31515990
Player #31515990
Genesis 9:13-14 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud.