Rainbow flag in Amsterdam
As far back as Ancient Greece, Aristotle had his scale of seven colours. Later, Isaac Newton constructed a colour circle, originally divided into five, but he later added orange and indigo to match the number of musical notes in the major scale.
Now we have mnemonics to help us remember those seven colours: whilst Richard Of York, was Giving Battle In Vain in the UK, Roy G Biv was hard at work in the US. And if you fancy something rather more old-fashioned you can try Rinsing Out Your Granny’s Boots In Vinegar!
Rainbow flag in Canal Street, Manchester
If you have a rainbow colour mnemonic in your own language I would love to hear about it in the comments.
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 23 June 2015
Travel with Intent 
Lovely photos, Debbie… In India we were taught VIBGYOR, which is just the reverse of ROY G. BIV 🙂
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Interesting! I have never heard the Granny’s Boots mnemonic before.
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It was a new one on me too!
On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 8:27 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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Now that is something to really remember. Great photos
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I will try to do it in German …
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