How many colors do u think are in a ranbow?

Question

i think there is about a little over 100 but im not sure

Answer 1

I would say an infinite number.  It just depends how small of an increment of wavelength you can differentiate as an individual color.

Answer 2

7

red

orange

yellow

green

blue

indigo

voilet

in the order

Answer 3

Roy G Biv knows! ther are seven! R=red, O=orange, Y= yellow, G= green, B=blue, I=indigo, V= violet.! Have a great day!!!

Answer 4

seven (7)

Answer 5

More than 7

Answer 6

we normally call it 7, and I remember learning them as a kid as Roy G. Biv, the rainbow man.

Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet

but as  rain (and a prism) breaks the light up, it is really a continuum, so thate are many more shades of  colors than our eyes can even notice, including beyond what our eye sees

http://www.eo.ucar.edu/rainbows

here is a site that talks about Sir Isaac Newton and his investigation of light and rainbows, and he called it 7 colors.

depending on how concise people looking at a rainbow are, the count could be from 3 colors to thousands.

http://www.zianet.com/rainbow/frcolor.ht...

Answer 7

Sir Isaac Newton in his early physics experiments decided the colors of the rainbow were Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet. Many of us remember them as ROY G BIV. Are there only seven colors? Newton believed in numerology and thought special numbers governed all natural phenomena. Seven is a very special number. There are seven days in the week, seven openings in our head, seven seas, seven continents and many other important sevens. So, of course he found exactly seven colors. In reality, the rainbow colors merge gradually into one another. Our eyes sort them into groupings. How many colors are in the rainbow? Anywhere from three to, as many as, several thousand. It depends on who is counting and what they believe is there. Funny how what we expect to see is often what we see.

The color order of the rainbow, starts with red at the outer edge and moves through the colors to violet. The brightness and the width of the bands and colors may vary greatly in an instant of time while you watch a rainbow and are related to the size of the drops that form the bow. The colors at the base of a rainbow are different from those at the top. Most rainbows only contain red near the ground. It is very rare that red is seen at the top of the rainbow. The width of the bow measured from red to violet will be about four times as wide as the full moon.

Answer 8

Four?

Answer 9

6

Answer 10

theres seven. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet.

Answer 11

Seven.... :)

Answer 12

theres aproximatly

234?

colors in the rainbow but the human eye can only see

around 10 of those