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What is the scattering of light rays called?

The scattering of light rays is called "diffusion." This occurs when light rays are scattered in many different directions as they interact with particles or substances in the medium through which they pass.


How do you see black and white?

BlackAll of the colours that make the white light shine down on the black object and all of the colours that make the white light the light absorbs into the object and no light reflects.WhiteAll of the colours that make the white light shine down on the white object and the light and no light is absorbed into the object but all of the colours that make the white light are reflected into your eyes


Why shadow is black in color?

there are some preticullar properties of different colours. like all colours, black colour also has its own property it is, it absorbs colours so, when the white light i.e. when it touches a person, it turns into black (like when white light enters prism,it turns into 7) colours and absorbs other colours, and the shadow formed is of black colour.


Can white light be broken up into various colours of light?

Yes visible light is part of what is called the electromagnetic spectrum. White light is actually all of the visible spectrum being seen. This is demonstrated by white light passing through a prism and being broken up into its component colors, such as a rainbow.


What does passing light through a prism do to it?

White light consists of all the colours of the rainbow. When white light passes through a glass prism which is clear the light is broken down into the seven colours of the rainbow, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.

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What is it called when light is broken into 7 different colors?

The colours of the spectrum which are: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet


What is a desciption of light?

Light consists of 7 colours and they are transverse in nature.


How many colours in white light?

7 rain


How many colors have light?

Light has 7 colours. The colours are those that make up a rainbow - red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple.


Why does rainbows have many colors?

Rainbow is made from refraction & total internal reflection of light of the sun. The light of sun is white, which is combination of 7 colours. When rainbow occoures, white light is divide into all these colours. That's why rainbows have many colours.


What can b used to disperse white light into the 7 colours of the rainbow?

A prism.


Why do Cds show spectrum in like any color of light?

It's caused by light being broken into its different colours by the transition through the plastic layer.


How is white light is made of 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.....


What is the scattering of light rays called?

The scattering of light rays is called "diffusion." This occurs when light rays are scattered in many different directions as they interact with particles or substances in the medium through which they pass.


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.....


What causes dispersion of light?

White light is made up of 7 colours. When put through a prism like a raindrop or a glass block, the 7 colours all travel at different speeds, because some slow down more than others. Thus, light is dispersed into it's spectrum


Are there 5 colours in the visible spectrum of white light?

The 7 accepted colours of the rainbow are: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet. A rainbow forms when sunlight, shinning through raindrops, is split into the main colours making up 'white' light.