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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
When sunlight shines through rain drops, the rain drops act like a prism, and the sunlight is split into the rainbow colours we see and know as a rainbow.
a reflection of an image
They separate light into the light spectrum. If a beam of light shines through a prism, a rainbow of color will show out through the opposite side.
it makes a rainbow
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
When sunlight shines through rain drops, the rain drops act like a prism, and the sunlight is split into the rainbow colours we see and know as a rainbow.
When ordinary visible light shines on a prism.
Wow that prism sure makes some pretty colors when light shines through it!
a reflection of an image
They separate light into the light spectrum. If a beam of light shines through a prism, a rainbow of color will show out through the opposite side.
sunlight contains all colors.
Color is a direct function of light by passing sunlight through a prism and observing the bands of spectrum of colors was discovered by Isaac Newton. It was discovered in the 1660's.
After a rain shower you can usually see a rainbow in the sky. If you shine light through a prism you see a rainbow or more correctly the colour spectrum
The water acts like a prism and white light shines through it, it makes a rainbow.