A rainbow has many colours.
The 7 traditional colours of a rainbow are:
- red
- orange
- yellow
- green
- blue
- indigo
- violet
How can I remember the order of the colours of the rainbow?
When I was at school here in New Zealand, we were taught an acronym to help us remember the order of the colours of a rainbow.
An acronym is an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of a group of words and pronounced as one word.
For example: UFO is an acronym. It is a short way of saying Unidentified Flying Object.
To remember the order of the colours of a rainbow we use the acronym ROY G BIV.
ROY G BIV contains the first letter of each colour:
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet.
How can I remember the acronym ROY G BIV?
You think of: ROY Got Bored In Vegas.
Or some teachers use: Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain.
So, what are the colours of a rainbow?
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet.
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