Rainbow (disambiguation)

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

Rainbow may also refer to:

Geography

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

People with the name

• Rainbow Rowell (born February 24, 1973), an American author of YA and adult contemporary novels
• Rainbow (musician), member of the Birthday Massacre
• 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 December 3, 1979) Canadian actor and songwriter.

Art, entertainment, and media

Artwork

• Rainbow (sculpture), a 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)
• Dr. Rainbow Johnson, fictional character in the U.S. TV series Black-ish
• Rainbow Dash, a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic character
• Rainbow Road, in Mario Kart, a racetrack at the end of every game

Film and television

• Rainbow (1944 film), a Soviet war film
• Rainbow, a 1978 TV movie about the life, career, and struggles of film actress Judy Garland
• 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
• Dr. Rainbow Johnson, a fictional character in the American sitcom Black-ish

Literature

• The Rainbow, a poem by William Wordsworth
• The Rainbow, a novel by D. H. Lawrence

Music

Groups and labels

• Rainbow (rock band), an Anglo-American rock group led by Ritchie Blackmore
• Rainbow (South Korean band), a South Korean girl group
• Rainbow Records, a record label

Albums

• 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, an album by Neil Diamond
• Rainbow (Kesha album)

Songs

• "Rainbow" (Russ Hamilton song), a 1957 song by Russ Hamilton
• "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 Gene Chandler
• "Rainbows", a song by Madvillain from Madvillainy
• "The Rainbow", a song by Talk Talk from Spirit of Eden
• "The Rainbow Song", a children's song sung on Barney & Friends
• "Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie with many cover versions
• "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows", 1917 composition by Harry Carroll and Joseph McCarthy
• "She's a Rainbow", 1967 single by The Rolling Stones and on the album Their Satanic Majesties Request
• "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows", a Marvin Hamlisch song recorded in 1965 by Leslie Gore

Periodicals

• The Rainbow (magazine), a 1981–1993 computer magazine

Rides

• Rainbow (ride), an amusement park ride

Toys

• Rainbow (Beanie Baby)

Brands and enterprises

• Rainbow (vacuum cleaner), 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 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 gay community
• Rainbow flags, flags used in various cultures and movements

Military

• AGM-136 Tacit Rainbow, a missile program
• Goodyear L class blimp Rainbow, World War II US Navy designation L-7
• Operation Rainbow (2004), an Israel military operation in Gaza Strip
• 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
• XF-12 Rainbow, a 1940s military reconnaissance aircraft

Organizations

• RAINBO, an international non-governmental organization
• Rainbow (Girl Guides), a youth organization in the UK
• Rainbow (Iceland), an Icelander eurosceptic and socialist party
• Rainbow (political party), a Greek regionalist political party
• Green-Rainbow Party, a Massachusetts, US political party
• Mizrahi Democratic Rainbow Coalition in Israel
• National Rainbow Coalition, a former Kenyan political alliance
• 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

Ships

• 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 (AS-7), a ship of the United States Navy

Transportation

• Rainbow BRTS, a Bus Rapid Transit System in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad cities, in western India

Other uses

• Human rainbow, a rainbow pattern formed by people
• 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

See also

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