Rainbow Road

Colorful celestial raceway

Rainbow Road is a recurring racecourse in the Mario Kart video game series, notorious for its difficulty—a narrow, winding track suspended in space with no guardrails, where one wrong move sends racers plummeting into the void.

The name has become shorthand for any punishingly difficult challenge, especially one that looks deceptively cheerful: That interview was my Rainbow Road.

Related

Mario Kart · racing · floating · whimsical · sparkle · cosmic · drift · speed boost · boost · mushroom · blue shell · lap · finish · star power · neon · magical · sky · galaxy

Categories
Opposites
terrain stability

Rainbow Roadsolid ground

Stable surface beneath

terra firma · paved road · banked track · asphalt

aesthetic/setting

Rainbow Roadearth tones

Muted natural color range

Family

rainbow, road, rain, roads, rains, rained, raining, rainy, rainiest

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G