Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Take a look at a bubble and you’ll see all the colors of the rainbow... right? WRONG. Bubbles are actually missing colors!

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Creator/Host: Dianna Cowern
Editor: Levi Butner
Production Assistant: Hope Butner

Thanks to
Ben Ryder for the amazing footage of wave interference from his YouTube channel: youtube.com/channel/UCnIDbkWZ-92D2REQefJuoHA
The awesome folks who shared their bubble pictures with me on twitter!: Andy Callaway, Philip Palermo, lifewithjess, Danny Thomas, Cate McCleery, @SbastienAndrie4, and so many more that didn't make it into the video.

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Sources:
Wave interference video footage provided by Ben Ryder's YouTube channel: youtube.com/channel/UCnIDbkWZ-92D2REQefJuoHA