Rainbow (disambiguation)

A rainbow is a meteorological phenomenon that appears as a multicolored arc that forms with the sunlight

Rainbow may also refer to:

Geography

• Rainbow, Victoria, Australia
• Rainbow Range (Coast Mountains), British Columbia, Canada
• Rainbow Range (Rocky Mountains), British Columbia and Alberta, Canada
• Rainbow, California, United States
• Rainbow, Placer County, California, United States
• Rainbow Springs, Florida, United States

Organizations

• Rainbow (political party) of Greece
• Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, a US political organization
• Green-Rainbow Party, a Massachusetts, US political party
• National Rainbow Coalition, a former Kenyan political alliance
• The Mizrahi Democratic Rainbow Coalition in Israel
• Rainbow (Girl Guides), a youth organization in the UK
• Rainbows (charity), a youth grief support organization
• RAINBO, an international non-governmental organization
• Rainbow Motorcycle Club, a gay men's motorcycle club based in San Francisco, California
• Rainbow Family, a loosely affiliated group of individuals committed to principles of non-violence and egalitarianism

Film and television

• Rainbow (1944 film), a Soviet war film
• The Rainbow (film), a 1989 British drama, adapted from the Lawrence novel
• Rainbow (1996 film), a British-Canadian family adventure
• Rainbow (2005 film), a Chinese drama
• Rainbow (TV series), a 1972-1992 children's programme
• Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin, a manga and anime series
• Rainbow Dash, a character from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Music

• Rainbow Records, a record label
• Rainbow (musician), member of the Birthday Massacre
• Rainbow (English band), an English rock group
• Rainbow (South Korean band), a South Korean girl group
• Rainbow (Boris with Michio Kurihara album)
• Rainbow (Mariah Carey album)
• Rainbow (Johnny Cash album)
• Rainbow (Miho Fukuhara album)
• Rainbow (Ayumi Hamasaki album)
• Rainbow (Dolly Parton album)
• Rainbow, an album by McGuinness Flint
• Rainbow, a song by Russ Hamilton (singer)
• Rainbow, an album by Neil Diamond
• "Rainbow", a song by Blackfoot from After the Reign
• "Rainbow", a song by Colbie Caillat from Breakthrough
• "Rainbows", a song by Madvillain from Madvillainy
• "Rainbow", a song by Émilie Simon from The Big Machine
• "The Rainbow", a song by Talk Talk from Spirit of Eden
• Jeramy "Rainbow" Gritter, member of Whitestarr

Computing

• Rainbow (data storage)
• The Rainbow (magazine), a 1981–1993 computer magazine
• Rainbow 100, a microcomputer
• Rainbow table, a data structure used in password cracking
• Rainbow, an application using the Okapi Framework

Military

• AGM-136 Tacit Rainbow, a missile program
• Goodyear L class blimp Rainbow, World War II US Navy designation L-7

• HMS Rainbow, one of nine British warships
• HMCS Rainbow, one of two Canadian warships
• USS Rainbow (AS-7), a ship of the United States Navy
• XF-12 Rainbow, a 1940s military reconnaissance aircraft
• Project Rainbow, a CIA project
• Rainbow Sideboys, an honor guard used on aircraft carriers
• Rainbow Codes, a series of code names used for British military projects
• Rainbow Herbicides, a form of herbicidal warfare
• Rainbow Plans, a series of U.S. war plans
• Operation Rainbow (2004), an Israel military operation in Gaza Strip

Other uses

• Rainbow flag (LGBT movement), symbol of diversity in the gay community
• Rainbow flags in various cultures and movements
• 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
• Rainbow Warrior, various uses
• Human rainbow, a rainbow pattern formed by people
• MV Rainbow, a Greek ship
• The Rainbow, a novel by D. H. Lawrence
• Rainbow (Beanie Baby)
• Rainbow (Noon Universe), a fictional planet
• Rainbow S.r.l., Italian animation studio
• Rainbow Media Holdings, now AMC Networks, formerly a subsidiary of Cablevision
• Rainbow (ride)
• Rainbow (vacuum cleaner), a water filter vacuum cleaner
• 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 Room, an upscale restaurant and nightclub in Rockefeller Center, Midtown Manhattan, New York City
• 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
• Rainbow Sandals, a footwear brand
• Rainbow Shops, a fashion retail chain
• Rainbow Dash, a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic character.
• Rainbow Stores, a supermarket chain owned by Anglia Regional Co-operative Society
• Rainbow Road, in Mario Kart, a racetrack at the end of every game
• Rainbow, a sculpture at the Lynden Sculpture Garden

People with the name

• Bernarr Rainbow (1914–1998), organist and choir master
• William Joseph Rainbow (1856–1919), Australian entomologist
• Edward Rainbowe (1608–1684), Bishop of Carlisle

See also

• Rainbow Coalition (disambiguation)
• Rainbows in mythology
• Rainbows in culture