There are up to 12 types of rainbows and not always have 7 basic colors

When we were young, we were taught that rainbows form when airborne particles act as a small prism, bending, splitting light from the sun and when there is enough water, enough sunlight, they We have a brilliant view with 7 beautiful colors. But the reality is much more complex and according to the latest research scientists have categorized up to 12 different types of rainbows.

When the Sun is lower towards the horizon, at sunset or dawn, the rainbow is limited to red and yellow.

Some rainbows also have a second rainbow and an inverse of the first due to light reflection . Sometimes, we see a dark band in the sky in the middle of two globes. Sometimes, on the upper and lower sides of the rainbow there are edges of light that are called Supernumerary Rainbows.

Dual rainbow, 2 rainbows with inverted inner bands.

When light passes a long distance in the air before reaching the human eye, some short wavelengths will be scattered. Finally, we can only see a lovely red rose in the sky, not enough color as usual.

For small water droplets, the rainbow will be thin and small lanes in the sky.

For decades, rainbows were classified based on the average size of the water particles . But relying on this alone does not explain the diversity of the rainbow that we can see in nature. By classifying hundreds of rainbow photos based on the variation of 6 colors and the presence of additional bands, a group of scientists concluded: there are a total of 12 different types of rainbows , including including rainbow-colored rainbow, red rainbow - blue, golden rainbow - orange, yellow - red, and monochromatic red rainbow, .

At dusk and dawn, the rainbow is just a strip of red and yellow or orange.

Finally, the researchers created a classification diagram of the types of rainbows that can be observed in nature. For example, a special type of rainbow is a diffused red rainbow (only red and yellow or orange), which only appears while the Sun is about to set or about to grow and the atmosphere is full of small droplets. Actually, a simple natural phenomenon like a rainbow, there are many more interesting things than our imagination.

A pair of rainbows can be separated by a dark band in the sky.