Blue bends best. More precisely, the shorter the wavelength of the light, the more it is refracted. The blue/violet end of the spectrum is bent more than the red end.
The light is refracted (bent) causing it to separate into different colors.
The actual mechanism is a little difficult to explain without a drawing. But, simply stated it's because white light contains all colors. And, when light goes from one medium into another (in this case from air into water droplets) the light is bent, and each color is bent a different amount, thus separating them. Then the beams of color are bent a second time as they go from the water back into the air. This fans out the colors into the rainbow you see. This bending of light is called refraction. As I said, without a drawing it's difficult to explain why the colors bend different amounts as they pass through the water/air boundry, but it's because different colors are different frequencies or wavelengths of light, and different wavelengths are bent different amounts.
One device that splits white light into the colors of the visible spectrum is called a prism. It is a triangular piece of glass through which a narrow band of white light can pass. The blue color light is bent most, and the red color light bent the least. So the colors in-between red and blue are seen on a screen as a spectrum. A rainbow is produced when drops of water in the sky have light passing into them, and the light is bent in a similar way, producing the spectrum. So there are many devices that can produce a spectrum of the colors.
White light is composed of many individual colors. Each color has its own unique frequency and wavelength. Each of these colors is bent (refracted) at different angles. This effect is known as dispersion.
Blue
White light is made up of different colors. When white light enters water (like moisture in the air) it is bent (refracted). However the different colors are bent (refracted) by different amounts. So this different amount of bending has the effect of separating the white light into its colors and we see this as a rainbow.lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
The light is refracted (bent) causing it to separate into different colors.
White light contains all wavelengths of colors. To make a rainbow, you need to separate those wavelengths (colors). This is accomplished by bending, or diffracting light. Different wavelengths of light are bent differently when they are passed through a transparent prism. When they are bent diffrently, they start to separate from one another and become visible to the eye as different colors.
The actual mechanism is a little difficult to explain without a drawing. But, simply stated it's because white light contains all colors. And, when light goes from one medium into another (in this case from air into water droplets) the light is bent, and each color is bent a different amount, thus separating them. Then the beams of color are bent a second time as they go from the water back into the air. This fans out the colors into the rainbow you see. This bending of light is called refraction. As I said, without a drawing it's difficult to explain why the colors bend different amounts as they pass through the water/air boundry, but it's because different colors are different frequencies or wavelengths of light, and different wavelengths are bent different amounts.
The reason white light is separated into colors is because light of different colors have slightly different indices of refraction. Thus, for example, red light might be bent a little bit more than blue light.
Chromatic aberration does not occur in a mirror because chromatic aberration is caused by the different colors of a light being bent different amounts. Mirrors do not care about the different colors as they only relfect the light instead of refracting it.
Chromatic aberration does not occur in a mirror because chromatic aberration is caused by the different colors of a light being bent different amounts. Mirrors do not care about the different colors as they only relfect the light instead of refracting it.
One device that splits white light into the colors of the visible spectrum is called a prism. It is a triangular piece of glass through which a narrow band of white light can pass. The blue color light is bent most, and the red color light bent the least. So the colors in-between red and blue are seen on a screen as a spectrum. A rainbow is produced when drops of water in the sky have light passing into them, and the light is bent in a similar way, producing the spectrum. So there are many devices that can produce a spectrum of the colors.
Type your answer here... OK. White light is made of the colours of the spectrum (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet - these are the same as the colours of the rainbow). The reason you see these colours instead of wwhite when you shine white light through a prism is that the prism "bends" the light - which splits it into the colours of the spectrum. Red light is the longest, so it is bent the least, and Violet is the shortest - so it is bent the most. This is also how rainbows are made - the rain droplets act as prisms to disperse (split) the light into the colours of the spectrum.
White light is composed of many individual colors. Each color has its own unique frequency and wavelength. Each of these colors is bent (refracted) at different angles. This effect is known as dispersion.
Blue
As we know there are seven color in a light. It travels in a same velocity when it passes through air, but when it passes through prism different color travels with different velocity, as a result the emergent light is seen in seven color. Ther are; voilent,indigo,blue,green,yellow,red,orange.....