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Seven 2
There are seven parts to this riddle,
Each is part of a greater whole.
You see most of these,
Everyday as you please:
First is what I did to a book yesterday,
Second mixes with apples.
Third is a shout, then "ouch" you say,
Fourth shares the sound of mean.
Fifth is what the wind had done,
The sixth is often skipped.
The last and final can be called by two names,
If roses are this, then which is the blue one?
Each is part of a greater whole.
You see most of these,
Everyday as you please:
First is what I did to a book yesterday,
Second mixes with apples.
Third is a shout, then "ouch" you say,
Fourth shares the sound of mean.
Fifth is what the wind had done,
The sixth is often skipped.
The last and final can be called by two names,
If roses are this, then which is the blue one?
Answer
The 7 Colors of the RainbowRed: read a book
Orange: apples and oranges
Yellow: Yell and Ow
Green: Rhymes with "Mean"
Blue: The wind "blew"
Indigo is often skipped
Violet: Roses are red, Violets are blue.
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We don't get to see these often enough in the desert .. but when we do, it's a great sight .. sometimes double! Thanks for the colorful riddle!
Very nice.
The title is a good hint though!
The title is a good hint though!
Good job! Very creative!!
Hehe...it was ok. I thoght it was hard. You should have given a hint. But its still cool
Nice riddle! One of my faves!
Thanks for the great comments
I agree with DeadEye823. I loved it. Ten out of Ten!!!!!!!
It was very good! (Although the "indigo is often skipped" reminded me of the "la, a note to follow sol" in the Do, a deer song!)
That was so cool! I got the first and last lines, but not the riddle as a whole! Awesome, KUTGW!
nice one!!!!!!!!!!!
X-cellent
Ironic, i just used roy g biv in my last submitted teaser and you still got me. Colorfully clever.
Very clever! I was completely bamboozled by it!
I think it was really clever of u. It wasnt easy and it wasnt hard. I liked it!
it was a tough one for me, i am new to this.
Great job
Great job
It was cool,but I do not understand Indigo is skipped.
i thought it was very easy, i got it after straight away from the clue for 'red'
ABSOLUTELY SUPER!
Great riddle! I thought I had it, but I skipped Indigo!
i got all of them except indigo i couldn't think of which color is usually skipped. That was really cool
Good One!
Good old Roy G. Biv!! (red, orange, yellow, etc). Took me a mo, but I got it!! Nice puzzle
hehehehe, that was so cute..i liked that one! Good job!!!
I had no idea with this one!
A good one, but hard! Lost me on "indigo" and the last line "two names". Everyone else seems to love it, so thats
Thanks, glad you all liked it.
Great riddle! I got Red and Violet and started thinking of Clue! mostly because of the line "this is often skipped", which I thought was rope. good job!
good one I liked it. this is going to be the first ion my favorites list
GOOD ONES!!!
uhm....didnt they already post this one???????????????????????
i liked. very creative
good one
good one
That was pretty fun...keep up the good work!
I knew this one right away, since I did a science fair project on the light spectrume. Nice job!
Exellent riddle! I thought it was extreemely easy, but that's because I got it before I even started to read the part about the colors. It was still good though.
Good riddle but it sounds familiar
Pretty good, but a little easier than some. Good job!
Rainbows are rare in Las Vegas, being in the desert, but they're pretty cool in Washington!
(I live winters in WA and summers in NV)
Rainbows are rare in Las Vegas, being in the desert, but they're pretty cool in Washington!
(I live winters in WA and summers in NV)
good one.. however, i strongly think that pink should be added to the rainbow
I too think pink should be added to the seven colored rainbow. other people think there are more than seven colors.
how do u answer teasers
for me it was really hard good one! it's one of my favorites.
grrrrrrreat.......i loved it,but didn't get indigo....i always remember the colors of the raimbow as being the first letters of "Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain" R,O,Y,G,B,I,V
ROYGBIV...at first, I didn't get it...and then, when I knew the first and last answer, I got it...and indigo is one of my favorite colors.
Very well written! That was great fun!
Javian, great teaser - you stumped me, but it was so simple once you see the answer. Really good job. More please?
Nice teaser! I've always thought rainbows had just six colors. Learned something new today. Couldn't figure how ROPE could be a color! (skip rope)
Really easy, but nicely written. Must be a better clue for indigo, but I'm not going to critisize as I haven't actually come up with one. Not sure about the '2 names' bit. I was always taught ROY G BIV, and I was expecting to learn of another method which didn't end in V.
Nice teaser. I didn't get it, I was trying to read too much into it.Have to learn to take this kind of teaser at face value. Great job.
A very *Superb teaser*! Although I had the final answer, the clues leading to the answer were Quite Tough for this character Keep them coming
Like 'realm2346' above, I got 1 & 7 and simply coloured in the rest. Nice job.
got the 1st & last line but that's all think I'm making these harder than they are. Nice Job!
"ROY G. BIV" sure came in handy for this riddle! He makes it easy to remember the colors of the rainbow!! Cute Riddle. Thanks!
Just saw dodger's comment! We had the same idea!!! I never heard the sentence he used, but I've always know the person Roy G. Biv!!!
This ones a good one...I guess. Pretty cool, not THAT tough, but, hey, it was pretty fun...
This was a good one. I only got three of the colors, but I'm new to this. But I enjoy racking my brain.
I agree with a couple of the other comments. I've seen this riddle before somewhere. I knew the answer from the opening lines and I'm not that smart.
that was clever and new! I tought that was wicked creative and really good
Very nice. All I got was the violet!
That was an AWESOME riddle.
Very funa nd very creative!
I liked it! Even though I didn't get it, it wasn't too easy yet it wasn't impossible! Very Good!
I got the riddle but, the second line about the apples should read - what apples don't mix with - cause the saying is If two things are different they are compareing apples to oranges. Also I guess the other name for violet is blueish purple. good teaser either way
I like this one! Very cute and clever!
I didn't get it but it was a good one
Good job! i liked it!
Liked it a lot
Boring and very very very easy to answer. You knew the answer on the first one, because you look for something that is part of a whole.
I had fun doing this one. Thanks. Not really that easy unless you figured it was colors righ away. I didn't.
Great teaser, Javian. Clever clues.
That was great. I Almost checked the answer then gave it another thought. " the opne skipped along with Violets gave ti to me. as Elem teacher, we always include Indigo andthe kids always say What's Indigo?"
Great!!
Great!!
the last is supposed 2 be purple not indigo and violet! DUH!
ROYGBIV... no indigo is second to last... they're right... very cute teaser, i liked it!!
I thought it was great!
I had an idea it ahd to do with colors, but didn't have the patience to spend a little more time on it.
I had an idea it ahd to do with colors, but didn't have the patience to spend a little more time on it.
tHAT WAS A gREAT teaser... 2 thumbs UP!!!
me again i got red yellow and blue
does that mean my mind is starting to work? very good teaser
does that mean my mind is starting to work? very good teaser
me again i didn't
know what ROYGBIV meant, i guess i to the back of tha class again
know what ROYGBIV meant, i guess i to the back of tha class again
Clever format. Pretty easy if you're good pals with ROY. I'm sure it was difficult for the folks that never learned that memory device. Good one. Thanks!
Double thumbs up. A littlte too easy though...
'Seven' immediately gave a clue about days of the week, a prism, and a rainbow. Got the first clue easily and the rest followed. Nice teaser and well thought of clues. Thanks. Would like to see more of these.
I was thinking down a different track, senses: Sight, taste, touch, hear... Now I get it after looking at your answer.
chheee hooo i aucatlly got diz one...yeah it was preat easy...da vilot and blew and idk somother gave it up...
Very fun! Thanks for posting!
I really enjoyed this teaser. I got the color part, but I didn't put it together with a rainbow.
Very good teaser.
Very good teaser.
excelent,i only missed the indigo one.
NICE!!!
Good one - but I'm not sure about indigo ... what do you mean by "is often skipped"? Omitted? I've never heard of a rainbow with only six colours. Never mind, it was an enjoyable teaser.
GW-it was nice to see your comment yesterday. Where have you been?
Some how I figured this one out!
CB, nice to hear from you! Check personal messages! Everyone have a great day!!
CB, nice to hear from you! Check personal messages! Everyone have a great day!!
puzzle was clever, BUT it needed a little more info as to what was expected...especially when you start with using READ when you want RED. Just my opinion
A nice, simple puzzle to end the week -- ahh!
I agree with tripleteam5. I was not impressed with it at all . It was not because I did not get it, but it was because of it not being very clear. Most did not get it either, but still said it was great. Go figure!
Got the clues for red and orange straight away. The clues for yellow and green, I wasn't sure where you were going. I was thinking cry not yell. Once I got to the clue for blue, it all fell into place, and once again ROagainY G BIV saved the day.
I am thinking they only startrd introducing kids to Roy in the 80s. I was taught that particular mneumonic, yet my sister, who is 10 years older, was not.
Anyway, I enjoyed it. Great teaser!
I am thinking they only startrd introducing kids to Roy in the 80s. I was taught that particular mneumonic, yet my sister, who is 10 years older, was not.
Anyway, I enjoyed it. Great teaser!
I got this one, too Clever puzzle Thanks
I came up with eight ( colors-
Color that can be called by two names: gray (grey).
Color often skipped: White. In a crayon book children often leave the white sections blank. (Seems as logical as indigo).
Leave it to the judges, lol
Color that can be called by two names: gray (grey).
Color often skipped: White. In a crayon book children often leave the white sections blank. (Seems as logical as indigo).
Leave it to the judges, lol
I didn't get all of the clues, but I got enough to associate them with rainbow.
It took me reading this one through a couple of times before it dawned on me what the answer was. I had never heard of the Roy G. Biv memory trick before. I am going to ask my grandkids if they know it. I live in Florida, we see a lot of rainbows here due to our daily scattered afternoon thunderstorms from the heat and the off shore winds. Great riddle Javian!
Not bad. I can't share the enthusiasm for this teaser that others have proclaimed. Maybe because I was familiar with the mnemonic, I knew the answer from "seven things starting with red". The fifth should be what the wind did, not had done. The wind had blown. Nitpicky, I know.
Good teaser, not a great teaser.
Good teaser, not a great teaser.
I agree with Snowdog. What the wind "did" was it "blew"; what it "has/had done" was it "has/had blown".
Sorry, too cryptic, with too few instructions, plus the 5th clue uses the wrong tense, and who skips indigo: if you mean the LGBTQI symbol; that is not a rainbow!
I guess I'm the odd one out, because I found it fairly easy. Great teaser!
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser; I got it very quickly.
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