History Main / RainbowMotif

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}''

* Each of the Golden Deer students in ''Videogame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' has a dominant colour to their clothes after the {{timeskip}}, which form the colours of the rainbow. Hilda is red (well, {{pink| means feminine}}), Leonie is orange, Raphael is yellow, Ignatz ia green, Marianne is blue, Lysithea is indigo, and Lorenz is violet. Claude, meanwhile, is gold.

* ''WesternAnimation/RainbowBrite''. The seven Color Kids are named after the Roy G. Biv scale: Red Butler, Lala Orange, Canary Yellow, Patty O' Green, Buddy Blue, Indigo and Shy Violet.

* Judeo-Christianity as expressed in Literature/TheBible states that the rainbow was first seen after the Great Flood, as proof that God will never flood the whole Earth again. Christianity, in Literature/{{Revelation}}, holds that Jesus is enthroned in Heaven on a throne of rainbow light, acting as a CallBack to God's promise to hold true to the descendants of Noah after the flood.

* ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'' briefly had a rainbow motif going while [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} CM3]] and Flamebird were tied to the team, however this was diluted by the fact that the team was much bigger than just seven members. Empress(Violet), ComicBook/{{Superboy}}(Blue), [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} CM3]](Cyan), ComicBook/{{Robin|Series}}(Green), ComicBook/WonderGirl & ComicBook/TheRay(Yellow), Flamebird(Orange), ComicBook/{{Impulse}}(Red). Other characters on the team include Slobo(Black) and Secret(White/Grey).
* The colors tied to each of the ComicBook/{{Robin}}s combined with ComicBook/{{Batman}}'s indigo creates a subdued rainbow motif. '''[[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick]]''' is '''Blue'''[[note]]Exemplified by his Nightwing costumes, and copious amounts of blue civilian clothes.[[/note]], '''[[ComicBook/RedHood Jason]]''' is '''Red'''[[note]]Exemplified by his getting the red and black Robin costume in adaptations, adoption of the Red Hood name and occasional red hair.[[/note]], '''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim]]''' was '''Green'''[[note]]Exemplified having more green on his costume than any other Robin, trading most of the yellow for black, and his text boxes being green in his early years.[[/note]], '''[[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Stephanie]]''' is '''Violet'''[[note]]Exemplified by her dedication wearing to purple, especially eggplant purple, across all her identities.[[/note]],'''[[ComicBook/RobinSonOfBatman Damian]]''' is '''Yellow'''[[note]]Exemplified by his costume having much more yellow than any Robin before, even adding a yellow hood and trim.[[/note]] and Carrie is Orange[[note]]Exemplified by her prominent block of orange hair.[[/note]]. Things got muddled by bringing Todd's uniform from the DCAU in for Tim and tying him to red, the Bat's costumes less and less frequently including blue, and adding Duke Thomas to the mix and tying him to yellow so the motif has been lost over the years.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':

Indigo is generally considered the odd man out among the seven, due to it simply being a dark blue.[[note]]Around Newton's time, indigo was named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_dye an expensive yet fast-fading blue dye]] imported from India, and it was used for paints and textiles, most notably in denim, before the dye was replaced by the synthetic and permanent [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussian_blue Prussian blue]] in the 18th century and the more permanent Phthalocyanine blue in the 20th century.[[/note]] [[note]]There is evidence to suggest that Isaac Newton in fact considered the rainbow colours to be Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, ''Cyan, Blue'', Violet.[[/note]] If the creator needs a few more colors to round out the cast, '''pink''' is a common addition, followed by '''black''' and '''white'''. Alternatively, some creators opt to branch out into the non-visible parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, such as infrared and ultraviolet. Curiously, cyan is missing, creating a conspicuous gap between the primaries green and blue. For printing inks and finer art, cyan, magenta[[note]]magenta is an odd color, since it is a combination of red and blue which are on opposite ends of the spectrum of visible light; due to the way the photoreceptors in your eye work, there's no pure spectral color that looks like magenta, so it doesn't appear in the rainbow[[/note]], and yellow are the primary colors, making orange yet another odd color out along the same lines as indigo[[note]]as both are neither primaries nor secondaries[[/note]] and making cyan's absence even more conspicuous (unless one considers Newton's model, where cyan/blue takes the place of blue/indigo)

This is what happens when you mix ColorCodedForYourConvenience with LuckySeven. Not only is a color motif used, but the specific colors involved are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. These are often identified as the colors of the [[EverythingsBetterWithRainbows rainbow]].

* ''WesternAnimation/Numberblocks'': Seven has a rainbow-colored body, as well as hair. Seventy also has this feature, and rainbow limbs.

* ''Numberblocks'': Seven has a rainbow-colored body, as well as hair. Seventy also has this feature, and rainbow limbs.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation''
** [[http://scp-wiki.net/scp-261 SCP-261 ("Pan-Dimensional Vending")]]. One of the items provided by SCP-261 was a flashlight with 6 lenses, each a color of the rainbow (with indigo being the color missing). When the flashlight was used to shine light on someone, they tasted an appropriate flavor: Red (cherry), Orange (orange), Yellow (banana), Green (lime), Blue (blueberry) and Violet (grape).

** [[http://scp-wiki.net/scp-819 SCP-819 ("Vital Suckers")]]. When consumed, these lolipops drain liquid from the victim's body. The type of liquid consumed depends on the lolipop's color: red (blood), orange (gastric acid), yellow (urine), green (phlegm), blue (aqueous and vitreous humors) and purple (cerebrospinal fluid).

** [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/log-of-anomalous-items Log of Anomalous Items]]. All written text regarding a certain notebook will be one of six colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue or violet).

'''Example:''' The SevenDeadlySins -- Wrath, Gluttony, Greed, Envy, Sloth, Lust, Pride -- often go with [[red:red]], [[orange:orange]], [[yellow:yellow]], [[green:green]], [[cyan:cyan]], [[blue:blue]], and [[purple:purple]] respectively.

'''Example:''' The SevenDeadlySins -- Wrath, Gluttony, Greed, Envy, Sloth, Lust, Pride -- often go with red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple respectively.

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* Any of various art pieces by Lisa Frank. Most memorably, the rainbow unicorns, though pretty much ''all'' of her artwork involved this trope to some extent or another.
* Nearly every art piece created by Creator/TakashiMurakami has at least one shade of every hue of the rainbow, usually to comment on the oversaturated memes of Japanese pop culture.
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Indigo is generally considered the odd man out among the seven, due to it simply being a dark blue.[[note]]Around Newton's time, indigo was named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_dye an expensive yet fast-fading blue dye]] imported from India, and it was used for paints and textiles, most notably in denim, before the dye was replaced by the synthetic and permanent [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussian_blue Prussian blue]] in the 18th century and the more permanent Phthalocyanine blue in the 20th century.[[/note]] [[note]]There is evidence to suggest that Isaac Newton in fact considered the rainbow colours to be Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, ''Cyan, Blue'', Violet.[[/note]] If the creator needs a few more colors to round out the cast, '''pink''' is a common addition, followed by '''black''' and '''white'''. Alternatively, some creators opt to branch out into the non-visible parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, such as infrared and ultraviolet. Curiously, cyan is missing, creating a conspicuous gap between the primaries green and blue. For printing inks and finer art, cyan, magenta[[note]]magenta is an odd color, since it is a combination of red and blue which are on opposite ends of the spectrum of visible light; due to the way the photoreceptors in your eye work, there's no pure spectral color that looks like magenta, so it doesn't appear in the rainbow[[/note]], and yellow are the primary colors, making orange yet another odd color out along the same lines as indigo[[note]]as both are neither primaries nor secondaries[[/note]] and making cyan's absence even more conspicuous (unless one considers Newton’s model, where cyan/blue takes the place of blue/indigo)

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'', Alpha Complex's [[FantasticCasteSystem security clearance system]] was based on the Roy G. Biv mnemonic with two additions: Infrared (black), Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet, Ultraviolet (white).
** There are jokes (in the actual rulebooks) about breaches of this pattern...but talking about Security Clearance Plaid is of course treason. Rumors of Security Clearance Gamma are also treason. Repetition of rumors is treason. Please report all rumors to the proper authorities.

*** [=WG7=] ''Castle Greyhawk''. Level 5 is filled with {{Shout Out}}s to other {{Tabletop Game}}s. One room has a variety of creatures, each colored one of these colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet) as a reference to ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}''.

*** The ''rainbow'' spell give each of the seven colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet) a different magical effect (Bow/Arrow and Flagon/Potion options only).
*** The ''chromatic orb'' spell could create orbs of the following colors: Ruby (red), Flame (orange), Amber (yellow), Emerald (green), Turquoise (blue), Sapphire (indigo), and Amethyst (violet).
** The following spells give each of the seven colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet) a different magical effect: ''prismatic spray'', ''prismatic wall'', ''prismatic sphere'', ''rainbow'' (Bow/Arrow option only).

*** The Nystul's Radiant Baton and Nystul's Radiant Arch spells do extra damage of different types or to specific targets based on the color chosen: red (cold: only affects heat/fire creatures), orange (heat: only affects cold/fire/ice creatures), yellow (acid), green (poison), blue (electricity), indigo (only affects undead), violet (only affects plants).

** ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand2'' takes place on the seven Rainbow Islands, each of which is themed after a specific color of the rainbow.[[note]]Grass Land is yellow, Big Forest is green, Ripple Field is blue, Iceberg is indigo, Red Canyon is red, Cloudy Park is yellow, and Dark Castle is violet.[[/note]] You collect Rainbow Drops to form the Rainbow Sword and fight Dark Matter, who stole the rainbow bridges linking the islands together. Unfortunately, most of these motifs are an InformedAttribute unless you're playing on the Super Game Boy, since the game is otherwise only available on the monochrome Game Boy.

** Jaune Arc's surname comes from ''arc-en-ciel'', the French for "rainbow". His family's hand-me-down shield sports a styalised rainbow motif, and his combat outfit collects the colours of the rainbow as the show progresses. Jaune has seven sisters and a family photograph in Volume 6 reveals which rainbow colour each sibling represents, with indigo represented by twins. Jaune, as per the French origin of his name, represents yellow. The sister he is staying with is called Saphron (after the spice saffron) and she represents orange.

Indigo is generally considered the odd man out among the seven, due to it simply being a dark blue.[[note]]Around Newton's time, indigo was named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_dye an expensive yet fast-fading blue dye]] imported from India, and it was used for paints and textiles, most notably in denim, before the dye was replaced by the synthetic and permanent [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussian_blue Prussian blue]] in the 18th century and the more permanent Phthalocyanine blue in the 20th century.[[/note]] [[note]]There is evidence to suggest that Isaac Newton in fact considered the rainbow colours to be Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, ''Cyan, Blue'', Violet.[[/note]] If the creator needs a few more colors to round out the cast, '''black''' and '''white''' are common additions. Alternatively, some creators opt to branch out into the non-visible parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, such as infrared and ultraviolet. Curiously, cyan is missing, creating a conspicuous gap between the primaries green and blue. For printing inks and finer art, cyan, magenta[[note]]magenta is an odd color, since it is a combination of red and blue which are on opposite ends of the spectrum of visible light; due to the way the photoreceptors in your eye work, there's no pure spectral color that looks like magenta, so it doesn't appear in the rainbow[[/note]], and yellow are the primary colors, making orange yet another odd color out along the same lines as indigo[[note]]as both are neither primaries nor secondaries[[/note]] and making cyan's absence even more conspicuous (unless one considers Newton’s model, where cyan/blue takes the place of blue/indigo)

* The colors tied to each of the ComicBook/{{Robin}}s combined with ComicBook/{{Batman}}'s indigo creates a subdued rainbow motif. '''[[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick]]''' is '''Blue'''[[note]]Exemplified by his Nightwing costumes, and copious amounts of blue civilian clothes.[[/note]], '''[[ComicBook/RedHood Jason]]''' is '''Red'''[[note]]Exemplified by his getting the red and black Robin costume in adaptations, adoption of the Red Hood name and occasional red hair.[[/note]], '''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim]]''' was '''Green'''[[note]]Exemplified having more green on his costume than any other Robin, trading most of the yellow for black, and his text boxes being green in his early years.[[/note]], '''[[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Stephanie]]''' is '''Violet'''[[note]]Exemplified by her dedication wearing to purple, especially eggplant purple, across all her identities.[[/note]],'''[[ComicBook/RobinSonOfBatman Damian]]''' is '''Yellow'''[[note]]Exemplified by his costume having much more yellow than any Robin before, even adding a yellow hood and trim.[[/note]] and Carrie is Orange[[note]]Exemplified by her prominent block of orange hair.[[/note]]. Things got muddled by bringing [[FanNickname Timmy Todd]]'s uniform from the DCAU in for Tim and tying him to red, the Bat's costumes less and less frequently including blue, and adding Duke Thomas to the mix and tying him to yellow so the motif has been lost over the years.