10 Things to Learn About Rainbows

Colors in the Sky: 10 Things to Know About Rainbows!

10 Things to Learn About Rainbows

1. 1. Rainbows appear when sunlight shines through raindrops.
   2. The sunlight gets bent and separated into different colors.
   3. There are seven main colors in a rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.
   4. You can remember the colors with the name Roy G. Biv.
   5. The red color is usually on the outside of the rainbow.
   6. You need to have the sun behind you and the rain in front of you to see a rainbow.
   7. Sometimes you can see a double rainbow!.
   8. Rainbows can be a full circle, but we usually only see half of it from the ground.
   9. You can even see rainbows in the spray from a hose or a waterfall.
   10. The moon can make rainbows at night, called moonbows, but they are very faint.

Activity: Rainbow Art

Use paint, crayons, or markers to create your own rainbow. Try folding a piece of paper and painting on one side to see a mirrored rainbow on the other.You can also try the tape resist method to make a rainbow.