How to remember the colors of the rainbow

[Zebra]

With the first letters of these words …


Richard of York gave battle in vain

From red to violet

 

[rightwinger]

Buy yourself a Gay Flag

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Buy yourself a Gay Flag

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Wrong. This piece of fabric is not a rainbow, has nothing to do with a rainbow.








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[OhPleaseJustQuit]

With the first letters of these words …


Richard of York gave battle in vain

From red to violet

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We learned a man's name -- Roy G. Biv.

I like your mnemonic as well.

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[Zebra]

And brown is no rainbow color

 

[Zebra]

And in German the planets ….

Mein Vater erklärt mir jeden Samstag unsere neun Planeten

Or …… with 8 planets ……………. unseren Nachthimmel!

 

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In English


With 9 ..My very elegant mother just served us nine pickles.

Or 8 ….My very elegant mother just served us nachos

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

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I worked in a support role in medicine for many years, and we used such mnemonics -- memory tricks -- for EVERYTHING!

Like the most likely candidate for gallbladder problems is six F's

Fat
Fair
Flatulent
Forty
Female
Fertile

There are a zillion of these aids.

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And in German the planets ….

Mein Vater erklärt mir jeden Samstag unsere neun Planeten

Or …… with 8 planets ……………. unseren Nachthimmel!

We learned (way before they demoted Pluto):

Mother Very Easily Makes Jelly Sandwiches Under No Protest