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How many colours can e seen when sunlight passes through a prism?
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How does the sun combined various color and form white color?
by the help of prism when white colour pass through the prism it gives seven colours like vibgyor same as from other direction of prism i seven lights passes through it gives white light
Why a rainbow is formed?
the sunlight passes through the water drops in the clouds it split into into a band of colors (act like a prism). so the rainbow is formed.the colors are VIBGYOR.
What do rainbows consist of?
Rainbows are sunlight that is shining through raindrops and the light is separated into the colours of the spectrum red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Just like if you shine light through a prism.
Who discovered that light is made up of 7 colours?
Isaac Newton discovered that white light is made up of seven different colors when he passed sunlight through a glass prism.
Why don't rainbows form when light passes through a window?
Because a window, although made of glass is NOT a prism...The glass MUST be a prism _____________________________________________________________________ A rainbow forms when light passes through rain droplets. Try getting your hose and an attachment and make a mist to see. ____________________________________________________________________
What is reason to see rainbow?
When sunlight passes through raindrops, the rain drops act like a glass prism. The sunlight is split into the rainbow colours in the sky, and a rainbow appears.
When white light passes through a triangular prism it changes?
When white light passes through a prism it separates into its component wavelengths that we observe as colours.
What is used when to separate white lights into a visible spectrum?
A glass prism is used to separate sunlight into individual colours. The same affect is seen when sunlight passes through raindrops, forming a rainbow.
What happens when white light passes through an inverted prism?
Colours shine out!
Why is there a rainbow after squall?
The squall may have passed you but the rain is still falling elsewhere. If sunlight passes through the rain, you will see a rainbow as the water droplets work as a prism and split the sunlight into it's component colours.
Why does light split up into different colours when it passes through a trinagluar prism?
it is a rainbow.
Why does the light splits into seven colors when it passes through a prism?
Because the light we see is the seven colours and when we put it through a prism it splits up (or refracts) and makes it easier to see the colours
When a light passes through a prism it spreads into a spectrum of colours what is spreading effect called?
dispersion
What is the name givin to the range of colours prodused when a white light passes through a prism?
Spectrum. The order of colours is named as VIBGYOR
When sunlight passes through a prism the different wavelengths separate into an of colors?
It's called a spectrum.
When sunlight passes through a prism what colour dispersed light bends the least?
Red.
How are prism and refract related?
When white light passes through a triangular prism, it refracts, meaning, the light bends. When white light refracts, it disperses (separates) into the colours it is made up of - ie. the colours of the rainbow.
