Rainbow (disambiguation)

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

Rainbow may also refer to:

Geography

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

Organizations

• Rainbow (political party), a Greek regionalist political party
• Rainbow (Iceland), an Icelander eurosceptic and socialist party
• Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, a US political organization
• Green-Rainbow Party, a Massachusetts, US political party
• National Rainbow Coalition, a former Kenyan political alliance
• The Mizrahi Democratic Rainbow Coalition in Israel
• Rainbow (Girl Guides), a youth organization in the UK
• Rainbows (charity), a youth grief support organization
• RAINBO, an international non-governmental organization
• Rainbow Motorcycle Club, a gay men's motorcycle club based in San Francisco, California
• Rainbow Family, a loosely affiliated group of individuals committed to principles of non-violence and egalitarianism
• Rainbow Saver Anglia Credit Union, a financial co-operative, based in Lowestoft, United Kingdom

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
• In Black-ish, a U.S. sitcom, Dr. Rainbow Johnson

Music

• Rainbow Records, a record label
• Rainbow (rock band), an Anglo-American rock group led by Ritchie Blackmore
• Rainbow (South Korean band), a South Korean girl group
• Rainbow (musician), member of the Birthday Massacre
• Jeramy "Rainbow" Gritter, member of Whitestarr

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

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
• "Rainbows", a song by Madvillain from Madvillainy
• "Rainbow", a song by Émilie Simon from The Big Machine
• "The Rainbow", a song by Talk Talk from Spirit of Eden
• "The Rainbow Song", a children's song sung on Barney & Friends

Computing

• Rainbow Storage
• The Rainbow (magazine), a 1981–1993 computer magazine
• Rainbow 100, a microcomputer
• Rainbow table, a data structure used in password cracking
• Rainbow, an application using the Okapi Framework

Ships

• HMS Rainbow, one of nine British warships
• HMCS Rainbow, one of two Canadian warships
• USS Rainbow (AS-7), a ship of the United States Navy
• Rainbow (sternwheeler), steamboat which operated in Oregon, United States
• MV Rainbow, a Greek ship
• Rainbow (yacht), J-class yacht involved in the America's Cup

Military

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

Other uses

• Rainbow BRTS, Pune
• Rainbow flag (LGBT movement), symbol of diversity in the gay community
• Rainbow flags in various cultures and movements
• Rainbow Foods a Minnesota grocery store
• 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
• Rainbow Warrior, various uses
• Human rainbow, a rainbow pattern formed by people
• The Rainbow, a novel by D. H. Lawrence
• Rainbow (Beanie Baby)
• Rainbow (Noon Universe), a fictional planet
• Rainbow S.r.l., Italian animation studio
• Rainbow Media Holdings, now AMC Networks, formerly a subsidiary of Cablevision
• Rainbow (ride), an amusement park ride
• Rainbow (vacuum cleaner), a water filter vacuum cleaner
• 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 Room, an upscale restaurant and nightclub in Rockefeller Center, Midtown Manhattan, New York City
• 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
• Rainbow Sandals, a footwear brand
• Rainbow Shops, a fashion retail chain
• Rainbow Dash, a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic character.
• Rainbow Stores, a supermarket chain owned by Anglia Regional Co-operative Society
• Rainbow Road, in Mario Kart, a racetrack at the end of every game
• Rainbow, a sculpture at the Lynden Sculpture Garden
• Rainbow, a fictional, elite counterterrorism unit of the best soldiers from the militaries of several nations (Tom Clancy novels)

People with the name

• Bernarr Rainbow (1914–1998), organist and choir master
• William Joseph Rainbow (1856–1919), Australian entomologist
• Edward Rainbowe (1608–1684), Bishop of Carlisle
• Dr. Rainbow Johnson, fictional character in the U.S. TV series Black-ish

See also

• Rainbow Coalition (disambiguation)
• Rainbows in mythology
• Rainbows in culture