Why Rainbows Have Exactly Seven Colors?

Why Rainbows Have Exactly Seven Colors?

Rainbows are beautiful but why do they always have seven colors? Why not three, or ten? And are they even real objects?

In this video, we explore:

How light and raindrops create rainbows

Why Newton decided on seven colors (even though he started with five!)

What rainbows look like to animals like bees and mantis shrimp

How double and triple rainbows form and why their colors flip

What we’d see if human eyes could detect ultraviolet or infrared light

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[hhctv]

This video is amazing super funny and scientifically accurate! But seriously, why doesn’t it have more views?

[DiegoShow-lb]

For me they have 15 Colors Red, Vermilion, Orange, Mac and cheese, Gold, Yellow, Lime, Green, Teal/Turqouise, Light blue, Blue, Indigo, Purple/Violet, Magenta, Pink. 4:43

[vingbig]

Amazing video! The explanation was super scientific and easy to understand. Also, that little bird was so adorable! I’m sure this channel is going to be really successful🤝

[kate_bt]

Well in my school sometimes there is a circle rainbow and it's like around the sun but it hurts ur eyes because of the sun

[Itz_Chocolate_Grape]

If it has 50, we couldn't separate color from rainbow

[liiiiiifeforyou_]

Guys I'm not going to school anymore, I'm gonna watch this guy's vids. They are better than school.

[Ilovefooty-tx]

The fact that the thumbnail has a rainbow with 6 colours just had me laughing 😆

[corazon]

This video is amazing super funny and scientifically accurate .👍

[theozieAndarim]

For me, it has 14 colors:
Red
Vermilion
Orange
Amber(Gold)
Yellow
Peridot
Lime
Green
Guppie Green
Cyan
Azure
Blue
Indigo
Violet

[nadiabennett]

Saw the rainbow With Three colors before

[Are-k]

We need this video to get 200K view!!
Raise your hand if you want it to reach
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[aayansSap-ok]

0:19 there’s a rare 3 coloured rainbow that I only saw once in my life colours brown yellow orange
🟫🟨🟧

[AngelBibi]

For me it has 30 colors: Red, Blue, Filet-O-Fish, Paper, White, Black, Ketchup, Uhh, Water, And, A, Orange, Yellow, Cheese, Sandwich, Skibidi

[blueber-ph]

I've actually seen a quadruple rainbow before. There were four in the same area!

[ThereisBlix]

In Croatia, we only have 6 colors. Red ❤️, Orange 🧡, Yellow 💛, Green 💚, Blue 💙 & Purple 💜.

[iwaaag]

can you explain how continents form and whats the difference between islands that are floating and continents like north america and africa’s and Australia

[Purri_chub]

I also seen a rainbow circle when going back home after school before like the other comment said

[SamirHassane-kxyr]

3:03 so the RGB system makes the rainbow and the rainbow combined as light colours is white

[morriscindym]

It will be an amazing rainbow and you'll see orange and indigo?

[E-Dum]

It could’ve been Red, Orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and pink