The sun makes white light that holds every rainbow color inside.
Sunlight looks plain white to us. But hidden inside are all the colors of the rainbow.
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A rainbow has so many colors they blend into each other.
We often name seven colors in a rainbow. But there are really countless shades melting together.
Wearing white on a hot day helps keep you cooler than black.
White bounces sunlight away. Black soaks the sunlight up and gets warmer.
Green leaves and grass get their color from a helper called chlorophyll.
Chlorophyll helps plants make food from sunlight. It also paints them a leafy green.
The sky looks blue because sunlight bounces around in the air.
Sunlight is made of many colors. The blue part scatters the most, so we see a blue sky.
Red, yellow, and blue are called primary colors.
You cannot mix other colors to make them. But you can mix them to make lots of new colors.
A rainbow always shows its colors in the same order.
Red is on top and purple is on the bottom. Rain and sunshine work together to make it.