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
• 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

• Rainbow (Boris and Michio Kurihara album), 2006
• Rainbow (Mariah Carey album)
• Rainbow (Johnny Cash album), 1985
• Rainbow (Miho Fukuhara album)
• Rainbow (Ayumi Hamasaki album)
• Rainbow (Dolly Parton album)
• Rainbow, a 1973 album by McGuinness Flint
• Rainbow (Neil Diamond album), 1973
• Rainbow (Kesha album), 2017
• Rainbow (John Handy album), 1981
• Rainbow (Sayaka Yamamoto album), 2016
• In Rainbows, a 2007 album by Radiohead

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), a 1962 single recorded by Gene Chandler
• "Rainbow" (Kacey Musgraves song), a 2019 song recorded and cowritten by Kacey Musgraves
• "Rainbow" (Russ Hamilton song), a 1957 song by Russ Hamilton
• "Rainbow" (Sia song), a 2017 song by Sia
• "Rainbows" (Alice Nine song), a 2008 song by Alice Nine
• "Rainbows" (Dennis Wilson song), from the 1977 album Pacific Ocean Blue
• "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 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

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

• Rainbow (software) collaborative software from Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
• Rainbow 100, a microcomputer
• Rainbow storage
• Rainbow table, a data structure used in password cracking
• Rainbow, an application using the Okapi Framework

Flags

• Rainbow flag (LGBT movement), symbol of diversity in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities
• Rainbow flags, flags used in various cultures and movements

Military

• AGM-136 Tacit Rainbow, a missile program
• List of Rainbow Codes, a series of code names used for British military projects
• Operation Rainbow, a 2004 Israel military operation in Gaza Strip
• Rainbow, an L-class blimp given the US Navy designation L-7 in World War II
• Project RAINBOW, a CIA project
• Rainbow Sideboys, an honor guard used on aircraft carriers
• Rainbow Herbicides, a form of herbicidal warfare
• Rainbow Plans, a series of U.S. war plans
• Republic XF-12 Rainbow, a 1940s military reconnaissance aircraft
• Rainbow Division, another name for the 42nd Infantry Division of the United States Army National Guard

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

• Rainbow, Alabama
• Rainbow, California
• Rainbow, Placer County, California
• Rainbow, Ohio
• Rainbow, Oregon
• Rainbow, Texas
• Rainbow, Virginia

Other inhabited places

• Rainbow, Victoria, Australia
• Rainbow, Alberta, Canada

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

• Over the Rainbow (disambiguation)
• Rainbow Coalition (disambiguation)
• Rainbow Warrior (disambiguation)
• Rainbows in culture
• Rainbows in mythology