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Marlsfarp t1_iucva63 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 11:07 AM

Reply to comment by Super_NiceGuy in ELI5: Why are the colours in rainbows in separate lines? by Oheligud

Yes, every rainbow looks the same. Rainbows are an illusion caused by the way light bounces around inside spherical drops of water. The angle light is bent as it passes from air to water and back again depends on wavelength.