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Curious Kids: why doesn't the rainbow have black, brown and grey in it?

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par James Rawlings, Hourly Paid Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University

Why doesn’t the rainbow have colours like black, brown and grey in it? – Ivy, aged four, Kent, UK

Many of us have seen rainbows in the sky once the sun starts shining again after a spell of rain. For us to see a rainbow, the conditions need to be just right.

We need some water droplets in the air – like rain or even fog – and we need the Sun to be behind us and quite low to the ground. This is because a rainbow is created by light passing through water droplets.…

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