a smaller bow, usually of red and green colors only, sometimes seen within the primary or without the secondary rainbow, and in contact with them.
See also: Rainbow
supernumerary rainbow
supernumerary rainbow
[¦sü·pər′nü·mə‚rer·ē ′rān‚bō] (optics) One of a set of weakly colored rainbow arcs sometimes discernible inside a primary rainbow; they are of smaller angular width, and fade toward the common center.