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Rainbow (disambiguation)

A rainbow is a meteorological phenomenon that appears as a multicolored arc that forms with the sunlight reflecting off water.

Rainbow may also refer to:

Art, entertainment, and media

Artwork

  • The Rainbow (painting), 1878 oil painting by American artist George Inness
  • Rainbow (sculpture), a 1970 sculpture at the Lynden Sculpture Garden

Fictional entities

  • Rainbow (Noon Universe), a fictional planet
  • Rainbow, a fictional, elite counterterrorism unit of the best soldiers from the militaries of several nations (Tom Clancy novels)
  • Rainbow Dash, a My Little Pony character
  • Rainbow Road, in Mario Kart, a racetrack at the end of every game's Special Cup
  • Rainbow Johnson, a fictional character in the American sitcom Black-ish and Mixed-ish

Film and television

  • The Rainbow (1929 film), an American film
  • Rainbow (1944 film), a Soviet war film
  • Rainbow (1978 film), American made-for-television biographical film about Judy Garland
  • The Rainbow (1989 film), a 1989 British drama, adapted from the Lawrence novel
  • Rainbow (1996 film), a British-Canadian family adventure
  • Rainbow (2005 film), a Chinese drama
  • The Rainbow (2016 film), 2016 Sri Lankan Sinhala masala film directed by Nalin Rajapakshe
  • The Rainbow (BBC miniseries), 1988 BBC miniseries based on the D.H Lawrence novel
  • Rainbow (TV series), a 1972–1997 children's programme
  • Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin, a 2003 manga and anime series

Literature

  • "The Rainbow", also known as "My Heart Leaps Up", an 1807 poem by William Wordsworth
  • The Rainbow, a novel by D. H. Lawrence

Music

Albums

Groups and labels

  • Rainbow (rock band), a British rock group led by Ritchie Blackmore
  • Rainbow (group), a South Korean girl group
  • Rainbow Records, a record label

Songs

  • "Rainbow" (Curtis Mayfield song), 1962
  • "Rainbow" (Kacey Musgraves song), 2019
  • "Rainbow" (Russ Hamilton song), 1957
  • "Rainbow" (Sia song), 2017
  • "Rainbows" (Alice Nine song), 2008
  • "Rainbows" (Dennis Wilson song), 1977
  • "Rainbow", a song by Blackfoot from After the Reign
  • "Rainbow", a song by Colbie Caillat from Breakthrough
  • "Rainbow", a song by Émilie Simon from The Big Machine
  • "Rainbow", a song by Marmalade
  • "Rainbow", a song by Robert Plant from the 2014 album Lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar
  • "Rainbow", a song by Filipino band South Border from the 2004 album Episode III
  • "Rainbows", a song by Madvillain from the 2004 album Madvillainy
  • "The Rainbow", a song by Talk Talk from the 1988 album Spirit of Eden
  • "The Rainbow Song", a children's song sung on the television series Barney & Friends
  • "Rainbow Song", a song by America on the 1973 album Hat Trick
  • "Rainbow, Rainbow", a song by Peppa Pig on the 2019 album My First Album
  • "I Can Sing a Rainbow", a song by Arthur Hamilton

Brands and enterprises

  • Rainbow, a water filter vacuum cleaner by Rexair
  • Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, a hospital in Ohio, United States
  • Rainbow Bar and Grill, a bar and restaurant in West Hollywood, California, United States
  • Rainbow Centre, Karachi, a building in Karachi, Pakistan
  • Rainbow Foods, a Minnesota grocery store
  • Rainbow Media Holdings, now AMC Networks, formerly a subsidiary of Cablevision
  • Rainbow Room, an upscale restaurant and nightclub in Rockefeller Center, Midtown Manhattan, New York City
  • Rainbow S.r.l., Italian animation studio
  • Rainbow Sandals, a footwear brand
  • Rainbow Shops, a fashion retail chain
  • Rainbow Stores, a supermarket chain owned by Anglia Regional Co-operative Society
  • Rainbow Ski Area, a ski resort in the Tasman Region of New Zealand's South Island
  • Rainbow Theatre, a building in the Finsbury Park area of North London, UK

Computing

Flags

Military

Organizations

  • Green-Rainbow Party, a Massachusetts, US political party
  • International Order of the Rainbow for Girls, a Masonic youth service organization
  • Mizrahi Democratic Rainbow Coalition in Israel
  • National Rainbow Coalition, a former Kenyan political alliance
  • RAINBO, an international non-governmental organization
  • Rainbows (Girl Guides), a youth organization in the UK
  • Rainbow (Greece), a Greek regionalist political party
  • Rainbow (Iceland), an Icelander eurosceptic and socialist party
  • Rainbow Family, a loosely affiliated group of individuals committed to principles of non-violence and egalitarianism
  • Rainbow Motorcycle Club, a gay men's motorcycle club based in San Francisco, California
  • Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, a US political organization
  • Rainbow Saver Anglia Credit Union, a financial co-operative, based in Lowestoft, United Kingdom
  • Rainbows (charity), a youth grief support

People

  • Rainbow (musician), member of the Birthday Massacre
  • Rainbow Rowell (born 1973), American author of YA and adult contemporary novels
  • Jeramy "Rainbow" Gritter, member of Whitestarr
  • Bernarr Rainbow (1914–1998), organist and choir master
  • William Joseph Rainbow (1856–1919), Australian entomologist
  • Edward Rainbowe (1608–1684), Bishop of Carlisle
  • Rainbow Sun Francks (born 1979), Canadian actor and songwriter

Places

Inhabited places

United States

Other inhabited places

Natural formations

  • Rainbow Range (Chilcotin Plateau), British Columbia, Canada
  • Rainbow Range (Rocky Mountains), British Columbia and Alberta, Canada
  • Rainbow Springs, Florida, United States

Ships

  • Rainbow (1837 ship), iron paddle-wheel steamer, Birkenhead, England
  • Rainbow (clipper), the first extreme clipper ship to sail in the China trade (1845)
  • Rainbow (sternwheeler), steamboat which operated in Oregon, United States
  • Rainbow (yacht), J-class yacht involved in the America's Cup
  • HMCS Rainbow, one of two Canadian warships
  • HMS Rainbow, one of nine British warships
  • MV Rainbow, a Greek ship
  • USS Rainbow, a ship of the United States Navy

Other uses

  • Human rainbow, a rainbow pattern formed by people
  • Rainbow (Netherlands), 1989 alliance of Dutch political parties
  • Rainbow (ride), an amusement park ride
  • Rainbow BRTS, a bus rapid transit system in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad, Maharashtra, India
  • Rainbow Gatherings, a series of temporary intentional communities
  • Rainbow kick or rainbow flick, a football trick
  • Rainbow nation, a term describing post-apartheid South Africa
  • The Rainbow (magazine), a 1981–1993 computer magazine
  • Ho-Oh, a Pokemon in the Rainbow category

See also

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