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Why can white light refract to show all the colours of the rainbow?
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How are prism and refract related?
When white light passes through a triangular prism, it refracts, meaning, the light bends. When white light refracts, it disperses (separates) into the colours it is made up of - ie. the colours of the rainbow.
What is white light in a rainbow?
White light is formed by the joining of all the colours in the Rainbow i.e. it is a mix of all the 7 colours in the spectrum.
A prism breaks white light into what?
A dispersive prism can break light into its spectral colours, or the colours of the rainbow
What effects does a prism have on white light?
It splits it into 8 different colors that makes up the rainbow
What will happen if the slit is illuminated with white light?
it will produce rainbow of colours...
What happens when you make a rainbow with the help of a glass of water and sunlight?
The sunlight hits the glass of water and then the light disperses out as a spectrum of colour (rainbow). This is because sunlight is white light and white light contains the 7 colours of the rainbow. When it hits the glass the colours refract and disperse out as the spectrum of colours, which we see as a rainbow.
How are prism and refract related?
When white light passes through a triangular prism, it refracts, meaning, the light bends. When white light refracts, it disperses (separates) into the colours it is made up of - ie. the colours of the rainbow.
What is white light in a rainbow?
White light is formed by the joining of all the colours in the Rainbow i.e. it is a mix of all the 7 colours in the spectrum.
What is the name of the rainbow colors produced from a white light?
The name of the rainbow colours produced from a white light is called the spectrum.
What light contains all the colors of the rainbow?
It's "white light". When all colours of the rainbow are combined in their purest form (light), they create white light. All colours of the rainbow can be derived from the colours red, green and blue. These 3 colours are known as the RGB colour model (Red, Green, Blue). When these three colours are combined in their purest form, they also form white light
A prism breaks white light into what?
A dispersive prism can break light into its spectral colours, or the colours of the rainbow
The answer has two words. What makes white light?
Rainbow colours
What color of light are the colors of the rainbow combined?
Mixing the light colours of the rainbow will produce white light (i.e. daylight).
Why does the diamond show flashes of color when observe ordinary white light?
White light is composed from all the colours shown in a rainbow. The facets on a diamond acts like a prism and separates the white light into a flash of rainbow colours.
What effects does a prism have on white light?
It splits it into 8 different colors that makes up the rainbow
Why does rainbows have many colors?
Rainbow is made from refraction & total internal reflection of light of the sun. The light of sun is white, which is combination of 7 colours. When rainbow occoures, white light is divide into all these colours. That's why rainbows have many colours.
What is the break up of white light into seven colours?
It is the refraction of white light being shone through a glass prism, or a raindrop, that separates the white light into the colours of the rainbow.
