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by idle_processor 3108 days ago
The choice of colors in some medieval rainbow depictions was interesting, too.

> For it is of four colours, and takes its appearance from all of the elements into itself. From the sky it draws the fiery colour, from the waters purple, from the air white, and from the earth it gathers black.

Source: https://forthewynnblog.wordpress.com/2017/11/20/how-many-col...