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ROY G. BIV

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Mnemonic Device:

  • ROY G. BIV

Variations:

  • Read Out Your Good Book In Verse
  • Reports Of Young Girls Banging Inside Vatican
  • Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain
  • Richard Of York Got Buggered In Venice

Explanation: Mnemonic devices for the order & colors of the rainbow (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet).

 

Or reverse/inside out:

  • VIBGYOR

Light is just a part of the spectrum of EM-waves: see our mnemonic on all EM-waves

 

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Comments

  1. bob says
    June 1, 2014 at 3:17 pm

    it sure was

    Reply
  2. Brian Carruthers says
    January 20, 2019 at 6:26 pm

    I’m 64 years old and still remember the mnemonic “Richard of York gave battle in vain” in order to remenber the seven colours of the rainbow in my Geography class as if it was yesterday.

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