Rainbows

A rainbow has six distinct colors. A rainbow is what happens when the sun shines through tiny drops of water in the air, like after it rains. When the light from the sun shines through the water, it gets split up into different colors, just like when you shine light through a prism.Here is a look at the order of the rainbow’s colors. The order of the rainbow colors, commonly remembered by the acronym ROYGBIV, is as follows: