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White light is really all the colors of light, red to indigo, combined together. Running the light through a prism (including raindrops) splits those colors out separately because each light bends a little more or less than its neighboring colors when going through the prism (or raindrops).
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∙ 11y agoWhen there is rain.After the rain,there will be some drops in the clouds.these drops act as prim.when the sunlight falls on these drops,there will appear the 7 colours.
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∙ 9y agoA rainbow is formed when sunlight passes through the raindrops in the air. The raindrops act like a prism and refract the sunlight forming the rainbow.
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Is blue a color of the rainbow?
Yes. You can create your own rainbow using a prism (and sunlight).
What color is the rainbow blended?
White. For example: when white light is split in a prism, it becomes a rainbow.
How does a rainbow get its color?
The light from the sun goes through the water vapor in the air. The vapor acts like a prism, projecting the spectrum (the colors) of the rainbow into the sky.
Which type of spectrum is produced when light from the sun passes through a prism?
It is the spectrum of visible light, which has the colors of the rainbow.
Visible light can be separated into different colors by using a?
Separating light into various colors produces a spectrum or rainbow.
When light hits a prism why does it make a rainbow?
because when light hits the prism the prism scatters the light in all directions there for you can see the rainbow
How can you filter light to create different colors?
Shining a white light through a glass prism will split the light into rainbow colours.
When light shines into a prism a rainbow of colors comes out of the prism.?
When ordinary visible light shines on a prism.
How can white light be split to form a rainbow?
Artificially, a rainbow can be produced by passing white light (sunlight) through a prism. The light passing through the prism constitutes the seven colors of the rainbow.
Newton discovered that the colors formed by a prism can be recombined to create light?
He discovers what is known as the rainbow, by using a prism to show that light is made up of all of those colors.
What do you need to make a rainbow with a prism?
light
Is blue a color of the rainbow?
Yes. You can create your own rainbow using a prism (and sunlight).
What happens when white light passes through a prism?
The light is broken into its seven colors (colors of the rainbow) and exits the prism at a different angle with the separated colors. It functions in the exact same way water droplets separate light to create an actual rainbow, but with cut glass instead of water.
When you look at white light through a glass prism you see a rainbow of color called?
light is white. if you mix the colors of the rainbow you get white. A prism separates the colors, showing a rainbow.
A prism breaks white light into what?
A dispersive prism can break light into its spectral colours, or the colours of the rainbow
Does a prism have to be solid in order to create a rainbow?
No. It can also be a liquid.
What is seen when light passes through a prism?
a rainbow
