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Isaac Newton discovered that white light is made up of seven different colors when he passed sunlight through a glass prism.

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What did Isaac Newton discovered about light?

Isaac Newton discovered that light is composed of a spectrum of colors when passed through a prism, and that white light is actually made up of different colors. He also proposed that light behaves as particles called "corpuscles" or photons.


What colors of light made up white light?

Red, green and blue. These colours make up every other colour, though, so you could say that light is made up of all colours.


Is light white?

Light appears white, however it is made up of different colours, which when put together make white light. These colours can be seen if you direct light through a prism. At the right angle the light is split up into the colours (rainbow).


Who discovered the visible spectrum?

Nobody knows who created the visible spectrum but newton was the first to actually prove that light was made up of all the colours in the visible spectrum


Are rainbows made up of matter?

no they are made up of light waves. they are energy in the form of light, which has been split up into its different wavelenghts and therefore different colours.


What did newton prove with the prism?

That white light is made up of all the colours of light mixed together.


What are primary colors of light?

This Q&A is about light colours. Paint colours are substances, and different from light colours.If you hold up a glass prism to a beam of sunlight, you'll see the light form a rainbow of colours. This is called the spectrum. It consists of all the colours that make up "white" light.Although you might be able to see seven colours in the spectrum, the white light is really made up of three basic colours. These are called the primary colours because they cannot be made from any other colours. The primary colours of light are red-orange, green, and violet blue. The other colours you see in spectrums or rainbows are made by a mixture of the primary colours.When the naked eye looks at the spectrum, it can see three mixed colours, which are called secondary colours. The secondary colours in light are green-blue, yellow, and magenta-red. You can produce these colours by mixing the primary colours in certain combinations.


What is white light made up of?

White light is a composition of colours. Usually remembered as VIBGYOR. Violet, Inidgo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red.


What different colors is white light made up of?

White light is made up of all the colors of the visible spectrum, including red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. This is why white light can be separated into its component colors using a prism.


How is white light made-up of different colors?

By Dispersion Of light (We call the phenomenon of spiliting of white light into 7 colours as dispersion of light.).......... You Can use Prism.....


Who discovered that white light made of many colours?

Sir Isaac Newton discovered that white light was made of seven different colors in the 17th century. He was able to prove that when some of the white light from the sun passes through a prism shaped piece of glass, the light scatters into a spectrum, which is a spectrum of what we know as the rainbow.


He discovered that the white light is made up of different color?

Sir Isaac Newton