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the answer is really easy, the answer is light waves, the rainbow colors are made up light waves.

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What is a rainbow made out of?

Its made when the suns light reflects the particles in rain the light from the sun is white light. white light is made up of many colors. when the light hits a raindrop the colors refract and reflect and are shown as the colors of the specrum. - animalgirl11


Is white light made up of all the colors you can see?

Yes, white light is made up of all the colors in the visible spectrum. These colors can be separated using a prism to form a rainbow.


Why can a prism change white light to a rainbow?

A prism can change white light to a rainbow because white light is made up of different colors, each with a different wavelength. When white light enters a prism, the different colors of light are refracted by different amounts due to their unique wavelengths, causing them to spread out and form a spectrum of colors called a rainbow.


Which scientist first explained how a prism breaks white light into a rainbow of colors?

Sir Isaac Newton is credited with the first explanation of how a prism is used to break white light into a rainbow of colors. In 1666, Newton conducted experiments using prisms to demonstrate that white light is made up of a spectrum of colors.


Which type of electromagnetic waves make up the colors of a rainbow seen after a storm visible light infrared light X-rays ultraviolet light?

The colors of a rainbow seen after a storm are made up of visible light, specifically a spectrum of colors ranging from red to violet. This visible light is a type of electromagnetic radiation that is within the wavelength range visible to the human eye.

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What is a rainbow made out of?

Its made when the suns light reflects the particles in rain the light from the sun is white light. white light is made up of many colors. when the light hits a raindrop the colors refract and reflect and are shown as the colors of the specrum. - animalgirl11


What are all the colors in the rainbow put together?

When all the colors of the rainbow are combined, they form white light. This is because the colors of the rainbow are made up of different wavelengths of visible light that blend together to create white.


Is white light made up of all the colors you can see?

Yes, white light is made up of all the colors in the visible spectrum. These colors can be separated using a prism to form a rainbow.


Explain how a rainbow is made?

A rainbow is made when sunlight is refracted, or bent, by raindrops in the atmosphere. This refraction causes the sunlight to separate into its different colors, creating the arc of colors that we see in the sky.


What type of spectrum does a rainbow have?

A rainbow encompasses a continual spectrum of color.What specifically are you referring to? :\


What color do you get when you mix the colors of the rainbow together?

When you mix all the colors of the rainbow together, you get white light. This is because white light is made up of all the colors in the visible spectrum. This phenomenon is known as color addition or additive color mixing.


Why do skittles say taste the rainbow?

Because the colors of the rainbow is bright, and wonderful compared to brown, ugly colors. Basically just a color preference!


What is the order of the Colors of the rainbow in?

The order of colors in the rainbow are: red, orange, yellow, green, indigo, violet. The rainbow is made up of 6 basic colors: 3 primary colors - red, yellow and blue 3 secondary colors - orange, green and purple After this are 6 tertiary colors: red/orange, orange/yellow, yellow/green, green/blue, blue/purple and purple red. From here are quaternary colors, quinary colors and so on.


What is Pokemon rainbow?

Pokemon rainbow is a made up game (some people hacked other Pokemon games and made it into Pokemon rainbow) they use colors as the title (Pokemon red blue green etc.) so they came up with Pokemon rainbow (the people not Nintendo or some other company) its not real (at least not yet! O_O)


Number or colors on a rainbow?

If I'm not mistaking, but I believe there are 7 colors on a Rainbow.


What color is made when combining the colors of the rainbow?

If you mean light, you get white. If you mean pigment, you get black.


If you mix all the colors of the rainbow what color of light would you get?

white, not black. it is not paint. since light is made up of red green and blue. in the rain the "white light" from the sun gets broken up (the little water droplets acting like a prism) into the colors of the rainbow.