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- proper noun A
mnemonic for thecolor sequence of thevisible spectrum : Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet.
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Examples
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"Roy G. Biv," known to science students trying to memorize facts for a test on weather.
Nashuatelegraph.com local, state, business and sports news 2009
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All we could come up with was the would-be thief wanted to make a rainbow room and was coming up an indigo and a violet short of Roy G. Biv.
unknown title 2009
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Here Comes Science that is geared towards kids and teaching about things like the periodic table and Roy G. Biv, a mnemonic device for colors in the visible spectrum.
Autoblog 2009
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I tried to follow the rainbow spectrum (Roy G. Biv) in lining up the earrings.
unknown title 2008
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There was a pretty amazing rainbow, one where you could actually shake hands with Roy G. Biv.
Zoe Strauss 2008
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'' Roy G. Biv, '' Put It To The Test; Photosynthesis, '' Cells, '' Speed And Velocity, '' Computer Assisted Design, '' Solid Liquid G.s, '' Here Comes Science, 'and' The Ballad Of Davy Crockett
MAKE Magazine 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word Roy G. Biv
The colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.
July 9, 2010
yarb commented on the word Roy G. Biv
Probably the stupidest mnemonic in common use.
March 14, 2012
yarb commented on the word Roy G. Biv
bigrovy would be much more fun and just as coherent.
March 14, 2012
ruzuzu commented on the word Roy G. Biv
You prefer Vib G. Yor?
March 14, 2012
ruzuzu commented on the word Roy G. Biv
By vigor?
March 14, 2012
yarb commented on the word Roy G. Biv
Although I suppose for bigrovy to gain acceptance would require some rearrangement of the visible spectrum.
March 14, 2012
ruzuzu commented on the word Roy G. Biv
But it would be groovy. *ahem*
March 14, 2012
yarb commented on the word Roy G. Biv
It would be easier to just rename the colours so they are more easily mnemonicable. For example, instead of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet we could have unphor, mogal, brove, rosp, acetin, gliese and eltic.
March 14, 2012
ruzuzu commented on the word Roy G. Biv
Gum Bear?
March 14, 2012
ruzuzu commented on the word Roy G. Biv
No... no... Erg A. Bum.
March 14, 2012
yarb commented on the word Roy G. Biv
I was thinking of "emu grab" but yours is better.
March 14, 2012
ruzuzu commented on the word Roy G. Biv
We could make a new color with an E... then we could have Gum E. Bear.
Edit: Ach, how about just Gum E. Bar?
March 14, 2012
yarb commented on the word Roy G. Biv
Wait, isn't umber a colour? So we could have Umber, GA.
Come to think of it there is also the word umbra, the dark part of a shadow. So Umbra, G.E. is also a possibility.
March 14, 2012