# Rainbow

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rainbow/257011>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 27, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rainbow/257011 "2004-07-27T00:09:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rainbow/257011/1 "2004-07-27T00:09:13Z")

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I’ve just looked up from my desk to see a glorious rainbow arching across the Sydney skyline. It’s a lovely sight. Straight away I recalled the mnemonic I learned all those years ago at school - Richard of York grew bananas in vain.

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**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rainbow/257011/2 "2004-07-27T01:04:02Z")

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You never heard of Roy G. Biv?

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**Author:** ![Capt\_B.Phart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Capt\_B.Phart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_B.Phart)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rainbow/257011/3 "2004-07-27T01:43:54Z")

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> [@Cunctator](#):
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> …a glorious rainbow arching across the Sydney skyline…

You’ve just taken me back 20ish years - opening the curtains on my first morning in Sydney to see the harbour laid out in front of me - a fleet of tall ships in full sail coming in under the bridge, black black sky behind them, bright metallic sun on the harbour itself - and a double rainbow vaulting across the sky, echoing the curve of the “coat-hanger”.

(On my first morning in Adelaide I opened the curtains to find a huge dope plant growing outside - but that’s another story…)

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**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rainbow/257011/4 "2004-07-27T03:09:50Z")

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My most memorable rainbow nearly broke my heart. It was my daughter’s first, and when I pointed it out to her, she asked me to drive her closer. When I explained that I could not, she cried, and said, “But Mommy! I want to stand in the pink!”

My second favorite rainbow appeared last summer as I was leaving the Renaissance Faire on closing day. It had been a great season and I would not be seeing my faire friends again for nearly a year. I turned for one last look and saw a rainbow arching over the gates.

Weirdest rainbow: a perfect double-arch… over a K-Mart :dubious: