The light rays which form the primary rainbow are the rays of that color which strike the eye from the highest angle, all other rays of that color emerging at an angle closer to the horizontal. Those additional rays contribute to the light sky under the rainbow, but that light is essentially achromatic since some rays of all colors emerge at those angles. On the other hand, the rays which form the secondary rainbow are the rays of that color which strike the eye from the lowest angle. This means that for falling droplets between the lowest angle of the secondary rainbow and the highest angle of the primary rainbow, there are no internally reflected rays which reach the observer's eye.