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Light doesn't have a refractive index. The medium or substance

through which the light travels has the refractive index.

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Why is frequency of red greater than violet?

The frequency of red light is lower than the frequency of violet light. This is because red light has a longer wavelength, which corresponds to a lower frequency. This difference in frequency is what causes red light to be more common than violet light in natural light sources.


What happens when the color red is shone through a glass prism?

When light of the color red is shone through a glass prism, it refracts, or bends, as it passes from air into the denser glass and then back into air. However, since red light has a longer wavelength compared to other colors, it refracts less than shorter wavelengths like blue or violet. As a result, the red light will emerge from the prism at a slightly different angle but will not produce a spectrum of colors, as it primarily consists of only the red wavelength. Overall, the output will be a beam of red light, maintaining its color but slightly shifted in direction.


Why won't a very bright beam of red light impart more energy to an ejected electron than a feeble beam of violet light?

The energy of a photon is determined by its frequency, not its intensity. Violet light has a higher frequency than red light, which means each violet photon carries more energy. Thus, even though the red beam may be more intense, the individual photons in the violet beam can still impart more energy to the ejected electron.


What is the innermost colour in the rainbow?

It is violet inside the arc and red outside.


What seven colors are in the rainbow?

red, orange, yellow, green,blue, indigo and violet

Related Questions

Is the velocity of a red light lower than the velocity of violet light?

No it justs refracts further


What colour refracts the most when a ray of light passes through a prism?

Violet light refracts the most when passing through a prism because it has the shortest wavelength among the visible light spectrum. This causes violet light to bend more sharply compared to other colors, leading to a greater deviation.


What colour refracts the largest angle from a prism?

Violet light refracts the most from a prism because it has a shorter wavelength compared to other colors, causing it to bend more when passing through the prism.


Which color refracts most?

Violet because it has a shorter wavelength and higher frequency


What color do you mix to create red violet?

You add blue to red but just more red than blue for red violet.


Does red or violet have more energy?

Violet has more energy than red. This is because violet light has a shorter wavelength and higher frequency, which corresponds to higher energy according to the electromagnetic spectrum.


When white light passes through a prism which will be bent more the red or green light?

In case of visible region, VIBGYOR, violet has the maximum bending.


What color refracts the most?

white light


Mix blue and Red?

When the colors of red and blue are mixed together, they make the color purple. Red and blue are both primary colors.


What are the colors in red violet?

Violet and red-violet are made of red and blue.


Is red or violet light diffracted most?

Violet light is diffracted more than red light because shorter wavelengths are diffracted more than longer wavelengths.


Why are colors present in rainbows?

Light is naturally made up of the different colors. It is just that when we see it, it appears white because all the colors are blended together. Rainbows occur when sunlight passes through the raindrops. The white light is refracted in millions and millions of raindrops. In these white light, there are the different colors that travel at different speed. The color red refracts less because it is slower while the violet color of the rainbow refracts more because it is faster. The colours of the rainbow are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.