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The visible portion of the Electromagnetic Spectrum. Visibility to the human eye is determined by the Frequency (or wavelength) of the light.

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What do you call the range of colours that white light can be split in to?

The range of colors that white light can be split into is called the visible spectrum. It consists of colors such as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.


Which colour gives white light when mixed with green?

Mixing green and blue light produces cyan. That's a kind of light blue.


What do we call the component colors of white light?

The component colors of white light are red, green, and blue, also known as the primary colors of light. This is because white light is composed of a mixture of all visible wavelengths of light.


Why does a prism split white light into colors?

This happens because inside the prism it reflects the light many, many times and at some stage as it is being reflected the light fractures and breaks up into the colours that you see when you look through it.answer 2 Well, not quite. In a transparent solid, such as glass or clear plastic, all of the wavelengths of light do not travel at the same speed!Whereas in air, essentially all wavelengths travel at the same speed.So when light makes the transition from air to the clear prism, some of the colours travel slower; and this we see as, and call refraction.The differing velocities, of various light colours through glass, are a serious problem in the design of photographic lenses, microscopes etc. It is known as chromatic aberration.


What colour would a white surface look in red light?

A "white surface" is one that reflects all colors of light. That's why it looks white when a white light shines on it, and that's why you call it "white". If only red light shines on it, then it looks red.

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What do you call the range of colours that white light can be split in to?

The range of colors that white light can be split into is called the visible spectrum. It consists of colors such as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.


What do you call pairs of colors that produce white light?

the name given to two colours that produce white light are called complementary colours.


Why do the colors split up in the spectrum?

White light can be split up into lots of different coloured light waves using a prism. We call this range of colours the visible spectrum.


Why do the colors in the electromagnetic spectrum split up?

White light can be split up into lots of different coloured light waves using a prism. We call this range of colours the visible spectrum.


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.....


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.....


How white lights is 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.....


Which colour gives white light when mixed with green?

Mixing green and blue light produces cyan. That's a kind of light blue.


What happens when primary colors of light combine?

When equal amounts of Red Green and Blue light are combined, they produce white light. By adding the colours together to produce white, we call these additive colours. It basically means it changes colour


White light is what type of light?

White light is a mixture of light of different colors. Some mixing proportions trigger a response in our visual system that we call "white".


What do we call the component colors of white light?

The component colors of white light are red, green, and blue, also known as the primary colors of light. This is because white light is composed of a mixture of all visible wavelengths of light.


Why does a prism split white light into colors?

This happens because inside the prism it reflects the light many, many times and at some stage as it is being reflected the light fractures and breaks up into the colours that you see when you look through it.answer 2 Well, not quite. In a transparent solid, such as glass or clear plastic, all of the wavelengths of light do not travel at the same speed!Whereas in air, essentially all wavelengths travel at the same speed.So when light makes the transition from air to the clear prism, some of the colours travel slower; and this we see as, and call refraction.The differing velocities, of various light colours through glass, are a serious problem in the design of photographic lenses, microscopes etc. It is known as chromatic aberration.