Rainbow (Mariah Carey album cover)

E146364

album cover music-related artwork visual artwork

Rainbow (Mariah Carey album cover) is the colorful, iconic artwork featuring Mariah Carey against a white background with a painted rainbow, used to visually represent her 1999 album "Rainbow."

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Rainbow (Mariah Carey album)	2
Rainbow (Mariah Carey album cover) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1285186 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Rainbow (Mariah Carey album cover)
Context triple: [Rainbow (album), coverArt, Rainbow (Mariah Carey album cover)]

A. Standing in the Rainbow
Standing in the Rainbow is a nostalgic, character-driven novel by Fannie Flagg that portrays small-town American life in mid-20th-century Missouri with warmth and humor.
B. There’s a Rainbow ‘Round My Shoulder
"There’s a Rainbow ‘Round My Shoulder" is a popular 1928 song closely associated with Al Jolson and featured prominently in early American musical cinema.
C. Rainbow Road
Rainbow Road is an iconic, brightly colored, space-set racetrack from the Mario Kart series known for its challenging layout and lack of guardrails.
D. Ribbon in the Sky
"Ribbon in the Sky" is a romantic R&B ballad by Stevie Wonder, celebrated for its soulful melody and heartfelt lyrics about enduring love.
E. Stripes
Stripes is a 1981 American comedy film starring Bill Murray as a slacker who impulsively joins the U.S. Army, leading to a series of irreverent misadventures.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Rainbow (Mariah Carey album cover)
Target entity description: Rainbow (Mariah Carey album cover) is the colorful, iconic artwork featuring Mariah Carey against a white background with a painted rainbow, used to visually represent her 1999 album "Rainbow."

A. Standing in the Rainbow
Standing in the Rainbow is a nostalgic, character-driven novel by Fannie Flagg that portrays small-town American life in mid-20th-century Missouri with warmth and humor.
B. There’s a Rainbow ‘Round My Shoulder
"There’s a Rainbow ‘Round My Shoulder" is a popular 1928 song closely associated with Al Jolson and featured prominently in early American musical cinema.
C. Rainbow Road
Rainbow Road is an iconic, brightly colored, space-set racetrack from the Mario Kart series known for its challenging layout and lack of guardrails.
D. Ribbon in the Sky
"Ribbon in the Sky" is a romantic R&B ballad by Stevie Wonder, celebrated for its soulful melody and heartfelt lyrics about enduring love.
E. Stripes
Stripes is a 1981 American comedy film starring Bill Murray as a slacker who impulsively joins the U.S. Army, leading to a series of irreverent misadventures.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	album cover ⓘ music-related artwork ⓘ visual artwork ⓘ
associatedPerformer	Mariah Carey ⓘ
associatedWithArtist	Mariah Carey ⓘ
associatedWithGenre	R&B ⓘ pop ⓘ
associatedWithLabel	Columbia Records ⓘ
backgroundColor	white ⓘ
chronologicallyFollows	Butterfly ⓘ surface form: Butterfly (Mariah Carey album cover)
chronologicallyPrecedes	Glitter (album) ⓘ surface form: Glitter (Mariah Carey album cover)
colorPalette	multicolored ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
depicts	Mariah Carey ⓘ
features	painted rainbow ⓘ
genre	pop music artwork ⓘ
hasFormat	square album cover ⓘ
hasMotive	female portrait ⓘ rainbow arc ⓘ
hasText	Mariah Carey ⓘ Rainbow ⓘ
imageElement	painted rainbow behind Mariah Carey ⓘ
imageSubject	Mariah Carey standing against a white background ⓘ
languageOfText	English ⓘ
marketingRole	branding image for Rainbow album campaign ⓘ
medium	graphic design ⓘ photography ⓘ
notableFor	colorful design ⓘ iconic imagery of Mariah Carey ⓘ
partOf	Mariah Carey discography artwork ⓘ
publicationYear	1999 ⓘ
releaseDecade	1990s ⓘ
represents	Rainbow (Mariah Carey album cover) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rainbow (Mariah Carey album)
symbolizes	freedom ⓘ hope ⓘ transition in Mariah Carey's career ⓘ
targetMarket	global pop audience ⓘ
timePeriod	late 1990s pop era ⓘ
title	Rainbow ⓘ
usedAs	front cover of Rainbow (Mariah Carey album) ⓘ
usedFor	Rainbow (Mariah Carey album cover) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rainbow (Mariah Carey album)
usedIn	CD release of Rainbow (Mariah Carey album) ⓘ cassette release of Rainbow (Mariah Carey album) ⓘ vinyl release of Rainbow (Mariah Carey album) ⓘ
visualFocus	Mariah Carey ⓘ
visualStyle	bright and polished ⓘ glamour photography ⓘ
visualTheme	colorful optimism ⓘ rainbow ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

album "Rainbow" → coverArt → Rainbow (Mariah Carey album cover) ⓘ

subject surface form: Rainbow (album)

Rainbow (Mariah Carey album cover) → usedFor → Rainbow (Mariah Carey album cover) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rainbow (Mariah Carey album)

Rainbow (Mariah Carey album cover) → represents → Rainbow (Mariah Carey album cover) self-linksurface differs ⓘ