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The light from the sun goes through the water vapor in the air. The vapor acts like a prism, projecting the spectrum (the colors) of the rainbow into the sky.

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A rainbow's colors come from rain drops acting as a prism. This separates white light, which consists of all the colors, into the distinct stripes you see in a rainbow.

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