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A milky white mineral made of silica?

The mineral you are referring to is likely known as "opal." Opal is a hydrated amorphous form of silica, characterized by its milky white appearance and iridescent colors when exposed to light. It is commonly used in jewelry due to its unique beauty and play of colors.


Water vapor acts like a prism and can break up white light into different colors to cause a rainbow to appear?

Yes, water vapor can act like a prism. A rainbow is caused by raindrops, not by vapor. When light enters a raindrop at an angle to its surface, different colors refract at different angles as in a prism. A reflection occurs at the far side of the drop, and more refraction occurs as the light exits the drop, to be seen by your eye. Multiple reflections inside the drop are the cause of multiple ("double", even "triple") rainbows.


What colors make up a rainbow?

A rainbow is made up of seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. These colors are created by the dispersion of sunlight through water droplets in the atmosphere, resulting in the visible spectrum of light.


Why does the color of soil affect the temperature?

The color of soil affects temperature because darker colors absorb more sunlight and heat up faster compared to lighter colors, which reflect more sunlight. This can lead to differences in soil temperature and impact various biological and chemical processes happening in the soil.


How does a stars temperature affect its appearance?

Basically the more intense the heat the star is giving off the brighter the star will appear to be. For example, let's say there is a red colored star and a white colored star in the vicinity of the planet you're currently on to observe them. The red colored star is giving off light at the visible spectrum that reveals red most prominently. I'm not 100% sure how the colors line up but I do know that red is a lower frequency wavelength of light then pure white. This means that the higher the temperature of the star the brighter light it will give off, by bright of course I mean the higher frequency colors slowly approaching pure white light.

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What tools can be used to break up white light?

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


The colors of white light make up a?

The colours of white light are all of the colors that make up a rainbow. White light is actually a mixture of all colors.


What tool is most likely to be used by scientist to separate a beam of white light into different colors?

A Prism can be used to break light up into its constituent spectral colors.


What device do scientists use to break white light into its colours?

They can use a kind of glass/cristal named Prisma


Which scientist first explained how a prism breaks white light into a rainbow of colors?

Sir Isaac Newton is credited with the first explanation of how a prism is used to break white light into a rainbow of colors. In 1666, Newton conducted experiments using prisms to demonstrate that white light is made up of a spectrum of colors.


What does a prism do to white light to break it up into the colors of the rainbow?

A prism refracts white light, which is composed of different colors with different wavelengths, causing them to bend at different angles. This separation of colors is called dispersion, and it results in the formation of a rainbow when the dispersed light is observed.


What component colors of white light?

White light consists of all the colors of the visible spectrum. The primary colors that make up white light are red, green, and blue. These colors combine to create the perception of white light to the human eye.


An instrument that breaks up white light into spectrum?

A prism is commonly used to break up white light into its spectrum. White light is composed of different wavelengths, each corresponding to a different color. When white light passes through a prism, it is refracted, causing the different wavelengths to separate and create a spectrum of colors.


What All of the visible color light waves together result in light?

trueWhite light is made up of all the colors of the visible spectrum. If we drop back to the idea of the colors of the rainbow, the red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet, we'll have the colors. The colors making up white light are all the colors from red to violet. Said another way, all the colors of light from the infrared to the ultraviolet make up white light.White light is made up of every other color of light. Blue, red, yellow, orange, everything. When these colors of light are combined, they form white lightthe apex answer is: white light....... :0).


What colors mixed up to white?

Paint: You cannot mix colors to make white because white is the lack of color. Light: You must mix all of the colors of the spectrum in order to create a white light.


Is white light made up of all the colors you can see?

Yes, white light is made up of all the colors in the visible spectrum. These colors can be separated using a prism to form a rainbow.


What colors of light are reflected by a white object?

A white object reflects all colors of light equally, which is why it appears white to our eyes. This means that white objects do not absorb any specific colors of light and instead reflect all wavelengths of visible light.