White light appears white because it is a conglomeration of all the different wavelengths of light. A prism will separate the different wavelengths because they refract (or bend) at different angles through the prism.
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No. White light is a mixture of various colors.
refraction
light is white. if you mix the colors of the rainbow you get white. A prism separates the colors, showing a rainbow.
The splitting of white light into seven different constituent colours is called dispersion
The phenomenon of splitting of composite white light into its constituent colors is called as dispersion. So as white light gets separated we get VIBGYOR. The rainbow colours.
Refraction