Rainbow which a glass prism could separate into the full spectrum of colours, rejecting the theory that the colours were produced by a modification of white light. He also showed that red light is refracted less than blue light, which led to the first scientific explanation of the major features of the rainbow. Newton's corpuscular theory of light was unable to explain supernumerary rainbows, and a satisfactory explanation was not found until Thomas Young realised that light behaves as a wave under certain conditions, and can interfere with itself. Young's work was refined in the 1820s by George Biddell Airy, who
The Colours Match in 2002 to mark the Golden Jubilee of the first Colours Match in December 1962. It was first presented to the winners of the 51st Colours Match, U.C.D., in November 2002. The cup is in the form of a claret jug. Trinity College are the current holders beating University College by 11 pts to 10 pts on 5 April 2018 at College Park, Trinity College Dublin. 'Colours Matches are also played between Trinity and UCD in Women's rugby union and other sports, such as Association Football, Gaelic Football, Hurling, Swimming, Boxing, Water polo, Field Hockey, Golf, Sailing, Tennis and Fencing.