VIBGYOR is an acronym for Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red while ROYGBIV is in the reverse order. These are the seven colors displayed in a rainbow and people use these acronyms for easily remembering the rainbow color codes. Here, we are not going to tell you the analysis of rainbow colors reflection theory rather we just want to tell you the hex and RGB color codes for these rainbow colors.
ROYGBIV or VIBGYOR Rainbow Color Codes
When we looked for coloring a site logo with the concept of rainbow, it was really difficult to find the exact color codes. Hence, below is the table for those who are looking for rainbow color codes for any purposes.
| Color Description | RGB Values | Hex Code | Color Visibility |
| Violet | 148, 0, 211 | #9400D3 | |
| Indigo | 75, 0, 130 | #4B0082 | |
| Blue | 0, 0, 255 | #0000FF | |
| Green | 0, 255, 0 | #00FF00 | |
| Yellow | 255, 255, 0 | #FFFF00 | |
| Orange | 255, 127, 0 | #FF7F00 | |
| Red | 255, 0 , 0 | #FF0000 |
Actually, the colors appear in the rainbow from top to bottom is in the order of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet referred as “ROYGBIV” or “Roy G. Biv”. It is easy to remember with a song “Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain”. However, you can also remember the mnemonic VIBGYOR which is from bottom to top color order.
Rainbow Stock Images
If you are looking for rainbow color code images with hex and RGB code or with plain colors, below are 6 free rainbow stock images of 1200 x 600 pixels in size and in PNG format. You can download these images by right clicking and save to local computer and use it for any purposes.
Google Rainbow Fun
If you like rainbow and Google then you can search with unofficial Google rainbow site. Just go to Google and enter “rainbow google” and hit “I’m Feeling Lucky” button or link.
Inserting Rainbow Symbol in Documents
Want to insert the rainbow symbol on Word, Excel, Outlook or PowerPoint documents? You can do this in two ways. One method is to hold one of the alt keys and then press the numbers 127752 using numeric pad on your keyboard. This can be done on all Windows based on documents.
Alt + 127752 = 🌈
Other method is to type the hexadecimal code 1F308 and then hold alt and x keys to convert the code to rainbow symbol. This will work only on Microsoft Word documents.
1F308 Alt X = 🌈
You can increase or decrease the size of the inserted rainbow symbol similar to any other text content. In addition, you can also insert a rainbow flag 🏳️🌈 which is a reference symbol for LGBT activities. However, you have to use emoji keyboard to insert rainbow flag in Windows PC. Since, the above shortcuts will not work in Mac, you need to use Character Viewer app to insert symbols.
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