Category Archives: Many Colors
Why do sunsets look red?
During the evening, when the sun is near the horizon we may see a beautiful sunset. The reds and oranges of a sunset are caused by the filtering action of the sky. Sunlight, as we know, is made of many colors. We can see the colors that make up sunlight when we look at a …
“What makes the colors in a rainbow?”
A rainbow occurs at the end of a storm, when the sun begins to shine white the air is still filled with raindrops. When the sunlight passes through the millions of water drops in just the right way, the white light breaks up and scatters into the many colors of the spectrum. If you are …