because the density of those mediums are able to slow down light, exposing the rainbow that it consists of.
When light passes through a medium boundary - from air to glass, for example - and if it strikes that boundary at an angle of incidence that is less than 90o, (that is, the light does not strike perpendicular to the boundary), then the light diffracts, or bends, or changes direction slightly.
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The angle of diffraction - the amount the light bends - depends upon two things: the difference in the diffraction index between the two mediums, and the wavelength. The diffraction angle is proportionate to the wavelength - meaning that the longer the wavelength of the light, the greater angle the light bends as it crosses the medium boundary.
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Since red light has a longer wavelength than blue light does, red light diffracts, or bends, at a greater angle than blue light bends when they both strike the prism at the same angle of incidence. White light contains all the colors of the rainbow. So when white light strikes a prism, the red component of the white light bends at a greater angle than the blue light, and so we see a fanning out of light - red at one side of the fan, blue at the other side.
White light is composed of all of the colours of the spectrum (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Indigo and Violet), all of which are of different wavelengths.
Glass (or any other 'refractive' substance) causes refraction, or bending, of the incoming light beam, but refracts, or bends, each wavelength (colour) to a different degree.
For example, red light is refracted less than orange, which refracts less than yellow and so on until violet, which is refracted the most. This varied bending therefore causes the initial white light beam to spread out as it passes through the glass.
The amount that a substance refracts light of different wavelengths is known as its refractive index.
Visible light is made up of different colours, which form a Rainbow. White light is composed of all the colours in this rainbow. Each of these colours has a different wavelengths, with red being the highest and violet being the lowest. When white light enters a prism, the shape of the prism redirects light at different speeds, which is partly due to the wavelength, and partly due to the direction the light enters. The redirection is mainly caused by the slowing down of the light wave. The red light is least affected, and the violet light is most effected, causing the colours to separate.
Since white light is a combination of all the colors, so when it passes through a prism they are all refracted and due to the different wavelengths they are then split into individual colors (dispersed)
Photons with different frequencies have different speeds in a medium and therefore different angles of refraction. Purple photons which have the highest frequency (in the visible spectrum) also have the biggest refraction angle, while red has the smallest.
Light bends in glass dependent on its thickness. Violet comes from the thin part and red from the thick part of a prism.
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Prism doesn't add colors to white light, it just dissipate the all colors of white light into different direction. White light contains all seven colors in it. So don't be confused in the addition of colors into white light or dissipation of all colors, containing in white light.
because the prism splits the white light into all colors of visible light
If white light is shined through a prism, it will be dispersed into colors.
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Breaking of white lights means dispersion of light in which the white light or the visible light splits into 7 colors. Many tools may be used to break up the white light but among them one of them is Prism. It can break up the white lights into 7 colors. Keep a white paper in front of the prism and the prism in the sun due to which the sunlight coming from the sun passes through the prism and the white breaks up into 7 colors due to change in velocity of the different invisible lights inside the white or the visible light. Other tools like plastic scale or ruler also can be used to break up the white light. Thank you
Newton Discovered that White light comprised of the entire spectrum of the visible wave length. When white light was shone through a triangular prism, it refracted the entire color spectrum.
A Prism can be used to break light up into its constituent spectral colors.
It splits white light up into the colors of the visible spectrum, but if the colors go through another prism, they turn into white light again.
Prism doesn't add colors to white light, it just dissipate the all colors of white light into different direction. White light contains all seven colors in it. So don't be confused in the addition of colors into white light or dissipation of all colors, containing in white light.
because the prism splits the white light into all colors of visible light
If white light is shined through a prism, it will be dispersed into colors.
A prisma prismA prism separates light into the colors of the rainbow...a good way to remember the colors in their proper order is Roy G. Biv = red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.prismA prism is what Newton used.A 60/60/60 Glass triangular prism.Prism, or a diffraction grating.A prism is a device that separates white light into the different coloursThe device that is used to separate white light into colors is called a prism. It uses a property of light called refraction. Refraction works because as light enters the prism, the speed slows down. When the light exits the prism, the change in speed causes the white light to break into the colors that make it up.
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A glass prism