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It splits it into 8 different colors that makes up the rainbow
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∙ 11y agoPrisms refract light.
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Why does the spectrum appear when White light is shone into a prism?
because the prism splits the white light into all colors of visible light
What causes a prism to show colored light when you look into white light?
This is because when the white light it's the prism, the colours separate and change speeds.
What bends white light?
prism
A prism breaks white light into what?
A dispersive prism can break light into its spectral colours, or the colours of the rainbow
What tool turns white light into colored light?
prism
Who founded the law that states the effects a prism has on white light?
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What effects does a prism have on light?
Prisms refract light.
Why does the spectrum appear when White light is shone into a prism?
because the prism splits the white light into all colors of visible light
What causes a prism to show colored light when you look into white light?
This is because when the white light it's the prism, the colours separate and change speeds.
What can be separated with a prism?
White light.
What bends white light?
prism
A prism breaks white light into what?
A dispersive prism can break light into its spectral colours, or the colours of the rainbow
What tool turns white light into colored light?
prism
How does a prism reflect light?
It splits white light up into the colors of the visible spectrum, but if the colors go through another prism, they turn into white light again.
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 the instrument used to break white light into a rainbow?
I believe that you are talking about a prism, and the process where the light is broken up in to its constituent parts is called dispersion
What did newton use to separate white light into spectrum of colors?
Newton Discovered that White light comprised of the entire spectrum of the visible wave length. When white light was shone through a triangular prism, it refracted the entire color spectrum.
