Like the colours of a rainbow

A rainbow (Wikimedia photo)

Have you ever woken up late in the morning, when the sun has fully risen, and the light that filters in through your window is no longer golden, but bright and white?

The feeling that such a moment brings is magnificent. When you close your eyes as the world is dark, and then open them to a brilliantly bright world, you truly understand the splendour of just a few rays of light.

Did you know that although light often appears to be white, it is actually made up of seven different colours? This is why you may sometimes see rainbows forming. It is because when the white sunlight strikes a raindrop, its various components split and become a beautiful rainbow with many different colours.