supernumerary rainbow

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High-dynamic-range photograph of a rainbow with additional supernumerary bands inside the primary bow

Noun edit

supernumerary rainbow (plural supernumerary rainbows)

  1. One of the faintly colored bands sometimes seen bordering the violet edge of a rainbow, i.e. inside the primary bow or, much more rarely, outside the secondary.