eli5 why is it that when a double rainbow happens the one on top has inverted colors?

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eli5 why is it that when a double rainbow happens the one on top has inverted colors?

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If you’ve ever been to a carnival funhouse and seen the curved mirrors, you’ll notice that the concave (curved inward) mirrors flip the image upside down.
This is what’s happening inside a raindrop to produce the first rainbow.
The second rainbow is produced when the light rays bounce off one more part of the raindrop or you can think of it as another mirror flipping the image again.

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