Rainbow (disambiguation)

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

Rainbow may also refer to:

Artwork

 * The Rainbow (painting), a 1878 oil painting by American artist George Inness
 * Rainbow (sculpture), a 1970 sculpture at the Lynden Sculpture Garden

Drama, film and television

 * The Rainbow (1929 film), an American film
 * Rainbow (1944 film), a Soviet war film
 * Rainbow (1978 film), an American made-for-television biographical film about Judy Garland
 * The Rainbow (1989 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 (2008 film), an Indian film
 * The Rainbow (2016 film), a 2016 Sri Lankan Sinhala masala film directed by Nalin Rajapakshe
 * The Rainbow (BBC miniseries), a 1988 BBC miniseries based on the D.H Lawrence novel
 * Rainbow (musical), a 1928 Broadway musical
 * Rainbow (TV series), a 1972–1997 British children's programme
 * Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin, a 2003 manga and anime series

Fictional entities

 * Rainbow (Noon Universe), a planet
 * Rainbow, an organization in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six novel series
 * Rainbow Johnson, a character in the American sitcom Black-ish and Mixed-ish
 * Rainbow Puppy, a character in the Nick Jr. TV series Blue's Clues & You!

Literature

 * "The Rainbow", also known as "My Heart Leaps Up", an 1807 poem by William Wordsworth
 * The Rainbow, a novel by D. H. Lawrence

Albums

 * Rainbow (Boris and Michio Kurihara album), 2006
 * Rainbow (Mariah Carey album), 1999
 * Rainbow (Johnny Cash album), 1985
 * Rainbow (Miho Fukuhara album), 2009
 * Rainbow (Ayumi Hamasaki album), 2002
 * Rainbow (Dolly Parton album), 1987
 * Rainbow, a 1973 album by McGuinness Flint
 * Rainbow (Neil Diamond album), 1973
 * Rainbow (Kesha album), 2017
 * Rainbow (John Handy album), 1981
 * Rainbow (Sayaka Yamamoto album), 2016
 * Rainbows (album), by Alexandra Stan, 2022

Groups and labels

 * Rainbow (rock band), a British rock group led by Ritchie Blackmore
 * Rainbow (Thai band), a Thai pop band
 * Rainbow (group), a South Korean girl group
 * Rainbow Records, a record label
 * L'Arc-en-Ciel (The Rainbow), a Japanese rock band

Songs

 * "Rainbow" (Curtis Mayfield song), 1962
 * "Rainbow" (Kacey Musgraves song), 2019
 * "Rainbow" (Russ Hamilton song), 1957
 * "Rainbow" (Sia song), 2017
 * "Rainbows" (Alice Nine song), 2008
 * "Rainbows" (Dennis Wilson song), 1977
 * "Rainbow", a song by Blackfoot from After the Reign
 * "Rainbow", a song by Colbie Caillat from her 2009 album Breakthrough
 * "Rainbow", a song by Émilie Simon from The Big Machine
 * "Rainbow", a song by Lynsey de Paul from the 1974 album Taste Me... Don't Waste Me
 * "Rainbow" (The Marmalade song), a song by the band Marmalade
 * "Rainbow", a song by Meghan Trainor from the 2022 album Takin' It Back
 * "Rainbow", a song by Robert Plant from the 2014 album Lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar
 * "Rainbow", a song by Filipino band South Border from the 2004 album Episode III
 * "Rainbows", a song by Madvillain from the 2004 album Madvillainy
 * "The Rainbow", a song by Talk Talk from the 1988 album Spirit of Eden
 * "The Rainbow Song", a children's song sung on the television series Barney & Friends
 * "Rainbow Song", a song by America on the 1973 album Hat Trick
 * "Rainbow, Rainbow", a song by Peppa Pig on the 2019 album My First Album

Brands and enterprises

 * Rainbow, 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 Studios, a video game developer
 * 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), a symbol of diversity in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities
 * Rainbow flags, flags used in various cultures and movements

Military

 * AGM-136 Tacit Rainbow, a missile program
 * List of Rainbow Codes, a series of code names used for British military projects
 * Operation Rainbow, a 2004 Israel military operation in Gaza Strip
 * Rainbow, an L-class blimp given the US Navy designation L-7 in World War II
 * Project RAINBOW, a CIA project
 * Rainbow Sideboys, an honor guard used on aircraft carriers
 * Rainbow Herbicides, a form of herbicidal warfare
 * Rainbow Plans, a series of U.S. war plans
 * Republic XF-12 Rainbow, a 1940s military reconnaissance aircraft
 * Rainbow Division, another name for the 42nd Infantry Division of the United States Army National Guard

Organizations

 * RAINBO, an international non-governmental organization
 * Rainbows (Girl Guides), a youth organization in the UK
 * Rainbow (Greece), a Greek regionalist political party
 * Rainbow (Iceland), an Icelander eurosceptic and socialist party
 * 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

People

 * Rainbow (musician), member of the Birthday Massacre
 * Rainbow Rowell (born 1973), American author of YA and adult contemporary novels
 * Rainbow George Weiss (1940–2021), British politician
 * Jeramy "Rainbow" Gritter, member of Whitestarr
 * Bernarr Rainbow (1914–1998), organist and choir master
 * Randy Rainbow (born 1981), American comedian and singer
 * William Joseph Rainbow (1856–1919), Australian entomologist
 * Edward Rainbowe (1608–1684), Bishop of Carlisle
 * Rainbow Sun Francks (born 1979), Canadian actor and songwriter

United States

 * Rainbow, Alabama
 * Rainbow, California
 * Rainbow, Placer County, California
 * Rainbow, Ohio
 * Rainbow, Oregon
 * Rainbow, Texas
 * Rainbow, Virginia

Other inhabited places

 * Rainbow, Victoria, Australia
 * Rainbow, Alberta, Canada

Natural formations

 * Rainbow Range (Chilcotin Plateau), British Columbia, Canada
 * Rainbow Range (Rocky Mountains), British Columbia and Alberta, Canada
 * Rainbow Springs, Florida, United States

Ships

 * Rainbow (1837 ship), an iron paddle-wheel steamer, Birkenhead, England
 * Rainbow (clipper), the first extreme clipper ship to sail in the China trade (1845)
 * Rainbow (sternwheeler), a steamboat which operated in Oregon, United States
 * Rainbow (yacht), a 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, a ship of the United States Navy

Other uses

 * Rainbow (Netherlands), a 1989 alliance of Dutch political parties
 * Rainbow (ride), an amusement park ride
 * Rainbow BRTS, a bus rapid transit system in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad, Maharashtra, India
 * The Rainbow (magazine), a 1981–1993 computer magazine