# Backwards Rainbows

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backwards-rainbows/803700>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 6, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backwards-rainbows/803700 "2017-12-06T13:36:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backwards-rainbows/803700/21 "2017-12-06T22:15:26Z")

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Icebows are reversed, caused by ice crystals instead of water droplets, so as long as the sequence is correct either ‘bow’ is correct.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backwards-rainbows/803700/22 "2017-12-06T22:18:57Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> Where are you all seeing _any_ red in that rainbow? It looks like yellow-blue-yellow, to me.

You may need to zoom in to see the reddish band at the top. (Or you may need to get your color vision tested.;))

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backwards-rainbows/803700/23 "2017-12-06T22:42:34Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> You may need to zoom in to see the reddish band at the top. (Or you may need to get your color vision tested.;))

Or straighten your VGA connector pins.

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backwards-rainbows/803700/24 "2017-12-06T23:34:28Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> Where are you all seeing _any_ red in that rainbow? It looks like yellow-blue-yellow, to me.

[Here’s how my brain sees it](http://www.pawinskiphotography.com/public/rainbowdetail.jpg).

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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backwards-rainbows/803700/25 "2017-12-06T23:40:16Z")

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_[Will There Ever Be a Rainbow](https://i.redd.it/33fmhuj0i6fy.png)_ is all fucked up.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backwards-rainbows/803700/26 "2017-12-07T02:08:00Z")

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And it could be worse. I’ve seen “rainbows” where the colors are separated by angle, not by radius.

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