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it is a rainbow.

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Q: Why does light split up into different colours when it passes through a trinagluar prism?
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What is caused when light bends as it passes through a material?

Light does not bend as it passes through a material. It bends when it passes from one material to another. This is called refraction. Light can also be dispersed, that is separated into its different colours, if it is refracted enough.


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That is not true. If you are talking about all the colours of light in the spectrum coming from white light that is true. When white light passes through a glass prism, it causes the light to split into different colours because of the different angles at which they refract.


When a light passes through a prism it spreads into a spectrum of colours what is spreading effect called?

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What material allows some light to pass through it?

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What makes diamonds give off different colours?

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