7 Colors in the rainbow?

[VisitJoan 2,713]

I don't know about you, but when I was a kid, I was taught that the rainbow had six colors: Red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple.  Then when I went to school or where ever it was the purple became indigo and violet.  I was like "where did this indigo violet thing come from?"  When you think about it, it's really stupid.  I mean violet is just a shade of purple, and indigo is mix of blue and purple.  So if indigo is in the rainbow, why isn't cyan in the rainbow, or yellow-orange?

[Weiss 8,279]

what?

My school always said it was six. owo 

That's weird

[Jilly Shears 2,144]

Because Roy G. Biv is the perfect acronym.Only the classified colors of the rainbow are allowed to hold such honor.

[Caity 3,946]

I was taught Red, Orangle, Yellow, Green, Indigo and Violet (Richard of York gave battle in vain) in school since I was in Primary.  

That's all you have to remember for tests, but visible light contains a spectrum of 1 million different colours, including the ones you've mentioned.  

[SoraBlade 832]

Just at my wings. Gee. There were hinted to like eight or somethin'.

[Hei 3,233]

There's actually a lot more than that, to many to count. But 7 apparently is the traditional idea of a rainbow, but I was told 6

[SkyEmerald 73]

I don't know about you, but when I was a kid, I was taught that the rainbow had six colors: Red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple.  Then when I went to school or where ever it was the purple became indigo and violet.  I was like "where did this indigo violet thing come from?"  When you think about it, it's really stupid.  I mean violet is just a shade of purple, and indigo is mix of blue and purple.  So if indigo is in the rainbow, why isn't cyan in the rainbow, or yellow-orange?

Well it's believe that Indigo actually refers to the color we now call blue, while Blue referred to Cyan. Newton was one of the first who tried to separate the cclors out by name, hence he's the one who saw Indigo as being dark blue, and blue as being light blue (Cyan). I like to think of it as seven, it's so much easier.

[Oishii 3,987]

Actually, it really just depends on what culture you come from which becomes reflected in the language.  The rainbow can be broken down to have way more colors than any language has words for.  In English, we are primarily taught there are six because that's how our culture views the rainbow.  But this varies.  In Russia, they have two words different words for blue (to distinguish between light blue and dark blue).  There is even a language that has only two words for color, which makes labeling paint colors an interesting challenge.  So, in the end, it's just a cultural things and has nothing to do with how many colors there really are in a rainbow.  It would be better to measure how many light wave frequencies are emitted in a rainbow.

[axele 151]

I got taught that it was seven, and yeah I think it depends on what culture you have.

[Anonn0000 3,525]

I want them to add pink to it someday :<

 

Pink is cute :> Its the color fangirling princesses wear while swooning over rikoos :>

 

I mean wear

 

lol MissingNo.

 

Edited March 29, 2013 by ~DawnStar2004~

[game over 16]

I want them to add pink to it someday :<

 

Pink is cute :> Its the color fangirling princesses wear while swooning over rikoos :>

 

I mean wear

 

lol MissingNo.

 

No i think you just want the color of the amazing kirby to be in there

[Anonn0000 3,525]

No i think you just want the color of the amazing kirby to be in there

Dang straight I do.

 

Kirby=coolest nintendo character ever.

 

Srsly he is. X3;

[game over 16]

Dang straight I do.

 

Kirby=coolest nintendo character ever.

 

Srsly he is. X3;

I knew it

[Anonn0000 3,525]

Kirby eats people alive.

 

Which is gross yet awesome when a pink furball does it somehow.

 

=P

[game over 16]

Kirby eats people alive.

 

Which is gross yet awesome when a pink furball does it somehow.

 

=P

So true

[Anonn0000 3,525]

Inhailing is just the coolest way to make anything eat its enemies.

 

Kirby is too badass for the life of him.

 

[game over 16]

Inhailing is just the coolest way to make anything eat its enemies.

 

Kirby is too badass for the life of him.

 

The only thing that can kill kirby his own awesomeness

[Anonn0000 3,525]

And me and riku's awesomeness.

 

=P

[game over 16]

too true

[Anonn0000 3,525]

Game over is awesome too

[game over 16]

yeah but probably not as awesome as you

[Anonn0000 3,525]

Heh.

 

Yeaaah i'm pretty awwwesome *yawn*

 

*shrug*

[game over 16]

haha