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How Many Colors Are in the Rainbow?

Understanding the Science behind Rainbows and Color Perception Rainbows are a beautiful and natural phenomenon that occurs when sunlight is refracted, or bent, by water droplets in the atmosphere. When light passes through the water droplets, it is dispersed into its component colors – red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet – which are then seen as an arc…