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How do light create a rainbow?

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Is the rainbow man made?

No, man cannot make a rainbow. He may imitate nature by using light and water to initiate the process that does create a rainbow, but only nature can create a rainbow.


Does all types of light create a rainbow?

No rainbows can only happen using visible (white) light.


How can you filter light to create different colors?

Shining a white light through a glass prism will split the light into rainbow colours.


What light mixes together to create white light?

all the 7 colors of the rainbow i.e VIBGYOR mixes together togive white light.


Are red blue green the colors that create white light?

No, it is actually all 7 colors of the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, violet) that create white light.


Is rainbow source of light?

No, a rainbow does not produce light, it is an effect of light being bent (refracted). The source of the light seen in a rainbow is the Sun.


Is rainbow a source of light?

No, a rainbow does not produce light, it is an effect of light being bent (refracted). The source of the light seen in a rainbow is the Sun.


What color of the rainbow reflects the most light?

A rainbow is composed of light. Light does not reflect light.


What light contains all the colors of the rainbow?

It's "white light". When all colours of the rainbow are combined in their purest form (light), they create white light. All colours of the rainbow can be derived from the colours red, green and blue. These 3 colours are known as the RGB colour model (Red, Green, Blue). When these three colours are combined in their purest form, they also form white light


How is a rainbow related to light?

Rainbow is formed when light from a distant source falls on a collection of water drops such as in rain, spray, or fog.This is how rainbow related to light.


What causes the colours of the rainbow?

When white light has been separated somehow, like by going through something crystal-like, the white light seperates into the 7 original colors of which it was made of. That's why after it rains, the sparkles of water dropping get hit by the sun's white light create a giant rainbow


What happens when white light passes through a prism?

The light is broken into its seven colors (colors of the rainbow) and exits the prism at a different angle with the separated colors. It functions in the exact same way water droplets separate light to create an actual rainbow, but with cut glass instead of water.