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No, that is not true. In a vacuum, all electromagnetic waves travel at the same speed.

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Why do prisms produce the color of the rainbow?

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Does the color of a laser affect the velocity?

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How do white light waves act when they enter a prism?

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How can the technique of this experiment be used to determine whether any two different colors of light such as red light and blue light travel at the same speed inside the plastic?

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How does the prism separate white light into colors?

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