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Each wavelength of light is refracted to a different degree by the water, so each droplet acts as a tiny prism breaking the sun-light into its component wave-lengths. The rainbow is the result of effectively a huge mass of extremely small, natural prisms.
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Incidentally, I have see one rainbow that was almost entirely yellow light only - a strange event and I feel privileged to see it, but I can't explain it, only suggest that the other colours were scattered or absorbed by thin, intervening mist.
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Does water refract light?
Yes, it does refract light.
Can opaque substances refract light?
No, opaque substances can NOT refract light. It is impossible to refract light if it is blocking it's path.
Does a laser light refract or bend?
Refract
What can be used to refract white light?
a prism can be used to refract wight light
What causes light rays to refract?
light travels in straight path and when speed of medium in which light travels change then it refract due to change in speed light rays bend and refract
How do raindrops produce a spectrum?
Rain droplets can refract light. Different colours refract in different amounts so a spectrum is produced.
Does water refract light?
Yes, it does refract light.
Can opaque substances refract light?
No, opaque substances can NOT refract light. It is impossible to refract light if it is blocking it's path.
Does a laser light refract or bend?
Refract
What can be used to refract white light?
a prism can be used to refract wight light
How does a prism create a rainbow pattern of light?
White light is really all the colors of light, red to indigo, combined together. Running the light through a prism (including raindrops) splits those colors out separately because each light bends a little more or less than its neighboring colors when going through the prism (or raindrops).
What causes light rays to refract?
light travels in straight path and when speed of medium in which light travels change then it refract due to change in speed light rays bend and refract
Do mirrors reflect or refract light?
A prism refracts light, and a mirror reflects light.
Does a lens refract light?
a lens will refract light. a mirror will reflect the light.
Should eyeglasses reflect or refract light into the eye?
Refract light. They only reflect when you see a glare or ghost image
What triangular shape is used to refract light into color?
A prism is a triangular shape used to refract light into its component colors.
When light moves from air to water the light will?
Refract
