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Yes. (White) light can be split into the 7 colour spectrum; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. White light can be split into the colour spectrum by passing it through a triangular prism, as Sir Isaac newton did sometime between 1670 and 1672. This is a process known as dispersion.
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In the above picture, you can see the white light entering the prism from the left and dispersing into the 7 colour spectrum on the right. The colours at the top of the rainbow bend less than the ones at the bottom. A second prism the same way up placed next to the first prism, will give a greater dispersion of the spectrum. A second prism the other way up placed next to the first prism, will recombine the spectrum to form white light, thus reversing the process.
This same process occurs in raindrops and this is why you see a rainbow in the sky when it rains.
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∙ 14y agoThe triangle greatly magnifies the light, making each color visible.
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What piece of equipment do we use to split light?
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Can you split white light into the colour spectrum?
yes
