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Recently I learned that there were only four colours in rainbows, in medieval times. Then Newton came along and decided there were 'as many colours in a rainbow
by Theodores 9y ago
Recently I learned that there were only four colours in rainbows, in medieval times. Then Newton came along and decided there were 'as many colours in a rainbow as there are notes in an octave'. This gave us the spectrum we have today.
- idle_processor 9y agoThe choice of colors in some medieval rainbow depictions was interesting, too. > For it is of four colours, and takes its appearance from all of the elements into itself. From the sky it draws the fiery colour, from the waters purple, from the air white, and from the earth it gathers black. Source: https://forthewynnblog.wordpress.com/2017/11/20/how-many-colours-were-there-in-a-medieval-rainbow/ https://forthewynnblog.wordpress.com/2017/11/20/how-many-col...