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How is white light and visible spectrum alike?

White light contains all the colors of the visible spectrum. When white light passes through a prism or water droplets creating a rainbow, it separates into the different colors of the visible spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.


How is a spectrum seen in a rainbow different from the spectrum of an element?

colours of the rainbow is practically white light that has been diffracted/ dispersed into different coloursbut so is visible lightthe rainbow is the same as visible light. the rainbow is where they get the visible light theory.


Rainbow of colors that make up white light?

All the colors of the visible spectrum make up white light.* * White light is a balance of all the wavelengths (colors) of visible light: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet, the same colors and order of rainbows.


Why is the order of the 7 colors of a rainbow always the same?

The amount by which light is bent depends on its wavelength. The colors are arranged in the order of their wavelengths.


Why are the colors of the rainbow the same as the color change in universal indicator?

The colors of the rainbow and the color change in universal indicator both result from the interaction of light with different wavelengths and chemical properties. Rainbows are formed through the refraction, dispersion, and reflection of light in water droplets, creating a spectrum of colors. Similarly, universal indicators change color in response to different pH levels, reflecting the presence of hydrogen ions in a solution. Both phenomena illustrate how light and chemical reactions can produce a range of colors, but they stem from different physical and chemical processes.

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Why did the rainbow have different colors?

Actually, all rainbows have the SAME colors, namely: all of them from ultraviolet to infrared, the entire visible spectrum.


Is a spectrum and a rainbow the same thing?

A Spectrum can make a rainbow. So they aren't the same thing.


Why don't rainbows show the color pink?

When a ray of white sunlight hits drops of water (also in the forms of spray and mist), it bends and breaks the sun ray into into different colors. These colors span the entire spectrum of colors and because the spectrum of colors is always the same and always in the same order, rainbows are always the same color. The order of the colors are: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.


How is white light and visible spectrum alike?

White light contains all the colors of the visible spectrum. When white light passes through a prism or water droplets creating a rainbow, it separates into the different colors of the visible spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.


What is the break up of sunlight into colors?

An optical prism can be used to disperse light from the sun's spectrum into all of its constituent colors. It is the same concept that gives rise to the phenomenon of rainbows.


How is a spectrum seen in a rainbow different from the spectrum of an element?

colours of the rainbow is practically white light that has been diffracted/ dispersed into different coloursbut so is visible lightthe rainbow is the same as visible light. the rainbow is where they get the visible light theory.


What does the back of a rainbow look like?

A rainbow is an optical phenomenon formed by the refraction and reflection of sunlight in water droplets. Since it is caused by the bending of light, there is no "back" of a rainbow. It is a circular arc of colors that appears in the sky opposite the sun when conditions are right.


Why are the colors of the rainbow those colors?

This is the same as if you had a light to a piece of glass..... the light is bended.


What happens when white light passes through a prism?

The light is broken into its seven colors (colors of the rainbow) and exits the prism at a different angle with the separated colors. It functions in the exact same way water droplets separate light to create an actual rainbow, but with cut glass instead of water.


Does the amount of moisture in the air affects the order of the colors in a rainbow?

No, the amount of moisture in the air does not affect the order of colors in a rainbow. The colors in a rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet) are always seen in the same order because of the way light is refracted and reflected within water droplets to create a rainbow.


What is the polar opposite of the color gray?

The polar opposite of the color gray is gray itself. Normal colors (of the spectrum: R.O.Y.G.B.I.V.) are part of the spectrum or color wheel. Therefore, they each have completely different opposite colors (the other side of the color wheel). However, the color gray is not one of the spectrum of colors. In fact, the color gray is hardly even a color at all. Gray is exactly between white and black. White is the pigmentary absence of color, while black consists of all of the elemental pigmentary colors (red, blue, and yellow). Again, black and white are not part of the color spectrum, and gray is in the middle of the two. Perfect gray has no opposite because there are only two colors on its special spectrum. For this reason, had there been some kind of color wheel based off of black and white alone, perfect black would be on, say, the top, and then perfect white would have to be on the bottom, on the center of each side (left and right), the two colors would meet at exactly the same spot, creating exactly the same color. Thus, gray has no opposite. There is no polar opposite. Grey/gray is a mixture of black and white.


Are the colors of the rainbow always in the same order?

yes.the rainbow is formed by water droplets acting as a prism, and the prism shows the color spectrum in ORDER And you can get what's called a double rainbow. In that, the order of colors in the outer arc will be reversed. The colours in order are, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet. :)