Re: OT raibow

[A complimentary Cc of this posting was sent to
Joost Diepenmaat
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A rainbow contains just the "unmixed" colors in the visible spectrum so

A rainbow contains VERY mixed colors. It's a wonder that these colors
are distinguishable by eye at all; they are very low saturation (even
if the background is very dark - which it usually is not).

[Very OT:] assuming ideally spherical form of water droplets, it
should not be hard to calculate position of rainbow colors
on the color triangle; have anyone seen this "published"?

Thanks,
Ilya
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