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This is what happens when you mix [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]] with [[Lucky Seven]]. Not only is a color motif used, but the specific colors involved are {{color|red|red}}, {{color|orange|orange}}, {{color|yellow|yellow}}, {{color|green|green}}, {{color|blue|blue}}, {{color|indigo|indigo}}, and {{color|purple|violet}}. These are often identified as the colors of the [[~~Everythings~~ Better With Rainbows|rainbow]].

This is what happens when you mix [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]] with [[Lucky Seven]]. Not only is a color motif used, but the specific colors involved are {{color|red|red}}, {{color|orange|orange}}, {{color|yellow|yellow}}, {{color|green|green}}, {{color|blue|blue}}, {{color|indigo|indigo}}, and {{color|purple|violet}}. These are often identified as the colors of the [[Everything's Better With Rainbows|rainbow]].

This trope was started by [[Isaac Newton]], who really wanted there to be exactly seven colors to match the number of musical notes, the number of planets ([[Science Marches On|then]]) known to be in our solar system, and days of the week. Isaac was wrong about this one, but since he was such a famous scientist, the belief that the visible light spectrum could be separated into exactly seven parts was widely held for a long time. This gave rise to the popular mnemonic "Roy G. Biv", a person's name constructed from the first letter of each color in order. Another mnemonic, more popular in Britain, is "[[Wars of the Roses|Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain]]".

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Another way to think of this trope is [[Chromatic Arrangement]] plus four extra colors.

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