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[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I imagine that he is equating the spectrum back to the rainbow, where red is the 'top' of the visible arch when a single rainbow is seen from the ground.

Of course the outer ring from a double rainbow flips the order of the colours, but that's probably being needlessly pedantic.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

Oh shit, I hadn’t thought of that! That would be more accessible to the uninitiated, which is his thing.