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red light is monochromatic light and if it shines on a prism its still red light pass through the prism, not 'rainbow' color.
White light separates into seven colours
A rainbow
The top of the periscope has a prism that reflects the light to the observers prism. The object the top prism is pointed at is seen at the bottom one.
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All the colors of the visible light spectrum are made visible.
red light is monochromatic light and if it shines on a prism its still red light pass through the prism, not 'rainbow' color.
What happens when light enters a prism is the light is broken up into all its natural colors. Hence what happens when you see a rainbow, all the little rain drops act as a prism.
The light sctters into a spectrum.
White light separates into seven colours
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A rainbow
when normal white light is passed through a prism, it is split up into all the rainbow colors.
It shows color.
The top of the periscope has a prism that reflects the light to the observers prism. The object the top prism is pointed at is seen at the bottom one.
the colors of light seperates to show all the colors of light.
Because there is a hollow space inside the prism, the light would be refracted twice, turning it back to white light.