I Can Sing a Rainbow

"I Can Sing a Rainbow," also known simply as "Sing a Rainbow," is a popular song written by Arthur Hamilton. It was featured in the 1955 film Pete Kelly's Blues, where it was sung by Peggy Lee.

"I Can Sing a Rainbow"
Song by Arthur Hamilton
Songwriter(s)Arthur Hamilton-

Background

The song has been used to teach children names of colours.[1][2] Despite the name of the song, two of the seven colours mentioned ("red and yellow and pink and green, purple and orange and blue") – pink and purple – are not actually a colour of the rainbow (i.e. they are not spectral colors; pink is a variation of shade, and purple is the human brain's interpretation of mixed red/blue [see line of purples]). They are also not presented in order of the visible light spectrum.[3]

Versions

References

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  2. "I can sing a rainbow". British Council.
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  4. "Official Charts Company". Official Charts. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
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