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Name: mom said i can't
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Age: 10
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Date: 1999
Question:
which color of the rainbow is the shortest?

Replies:
Hello,

If you mean which color of the rainbow has the shortest wavelength, the answer is BLUE.

Red has the longest wavelength.

Good luck

AK

Dr. Ali Khounsary
Advanced Photon Source
Argonne National Laboratory

The rainbow colors, from longest wavelength to shortest wavelength, are Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, indigo and violet.

Bradburn

Question - which color of the rainbow is the shortest?

Violet.

Rich Barrans


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