What Are Colours

People believe that bright colours represent energy, life and joy. Huge bonfires are also lit in the evening as part of celebrations.

Life should be full of colours! And each colour is meant to be seen and enjoyed separately, for if they are all mixed together, all the different colours merge and will appear all black. All colours like red, yellow, green and orange should exist side by side and simultaneously be enjoyed together.

Similarly, in life, different roles that are played by the same person should exist peacefully and distinctly inside him. For example, when a father continues to play his role of a 'father' in office, things are bound to go for a toss. In our country, a politician is sometimes a father first and a leader later!

All colours emanate from white, and when they are mixed together again, they become black. When your mind is white and aware of consciousness - pure, peaceful, happy and meditative - different colours and roles emerge. We get the strength to play various roles with full sincerity against the background.

We have to dip into our consciousness time and again. If we only look at and play around with colours outside of us, we are bound to find blackness all over again. Between roles we have to take deep rests, in order to play each role sincerely. Now, the biggest impediment to deep rest is desire. Desire means stress. Even petty desires cause high stress.

Source : articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-08/edit-page/31132547_1_colours-roles-desire

The Rainbow

A rainbow is a multicolored arc made by sunlight striking raindrops. A rainbow is produced when sun, shining from behind the viewer, strikes water droplets in front at just the right angle.

A rainbow does not actually exist at a specific spot in the sky. Its location depends on where youre standing and on where the sun is located at that time. Its an optical illusion. The sun must always be behind the person seeing the rainbow, and the air must be both sunny and full of moisture.

A rainbow shows up as a spectrum of light: a band of familiar colors that include red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Roy G. Biv is a popular name used to help us remember the order of the colors in the rainbows spectrum. Red is on the outer part of the rainbows arch, while violet is always on the inner section of the arch.

Sometimes, a viewer may see a "double rainbow." A second rainbow appears above the first one. The second rainbow is dimmer than the lower, primary rainbow. In a double rainbow, water droplets reflect light twice. The spectrum of the second rainbow is reversed: red is on the inner section of the arch, while violet is on the outside.

A rainbow will most likely show up after its been raining or drizzling. But we can also see rainbows caused by or near other kinds of water, including mist, spray, dew, and waterfalls.

Light coming from the sun appears white. White light is how our eyes perceive all the different colors of the rainbow mixed together. When white light hits a rain droplet, some of it bounces back at an angle, a bit like a basketball in rebound. However, since different colors of light have different wavelengths, the different colors of light bounce back at different angles. Thus, the colors are separated, producing a rainbow.

Source :education.nationalgeographic.co.in/education/encyclopedia/rainbow/?ar_a=1