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Rainbows occur when you see sunlight shining through a rainstorm. The curtain of raindrops act like millions of tiny prisms, which break light into it's component colors - a rainbow.

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Why do you see rainbow colours when you look through a plastic transparent ruler?

Because it splits the light ray into the different coloured rays that make up a regular visible light ray all the colours of the rainbow make the light colour that we see when they are mixed togethet


Why do we see a spectrum of different colours?

We see a spectrum of different colors because different colors correspond to different wavelengths of light. When white light passes through a prism or raindrop, it separates into its component colors due to refraction and dispersion. Each color has a unique wavelength, and this separation creates the rainbow of colors we see.


How do we see different colors in a prism when it reflects?

this is called refraction. light is made up of seven different colours as seen in a rainbow. a glass prism breaks the light up into its base colours. this is the same principle a rainbow is made by only rainbow uses watere droplets to refract the light.


Why can white light refract to show all the colours of the rainbow?

White light is composed of a spectrum of colors with different wavelengths. When white light enters a medium like glass or water, each color refracts at a slightly different angle due to their different wavelengths. This separation of colors produces the spectrum of colors we see in a rainbow.


What is white light in a rainbow?

White light in a rainbow is sunlight that is composed of all the colors in the visible spectrum. When sunlight passes through raindrops, it is refracted and dispersed into its different wavelengths, creating the beautiful spectrum of colors seen in a rainbow.

Related Questions

How many different colors can you get felt in?

You Can Get Felt In Many Different Colours. Especially The Colours In The RainBow.


What is happens when white passing through a prism?

The white light gets split into its different wavelengths which we see as different colours. The different wavelengths get refracted at slightly different angles, and we see a rainbow effect.


How do you see different colours?

We see different colours because other colours are being absorbed.


Can you see a rainbow using an over head projector and a prism?

Yes you can. The different karats in the prism reflect the light in what looks like to us different colours, tricking our eyes into thinking its a rainbow. Hope I helped ;)


Why can you see rainbow colours on bubbles?

Beacause of the light reflecting of the detergent


How many different colours are there in the rainbow?

There are 7 different colors in the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.


What is rainbow bunchie?

as you may know bunchies are a mix between slugs and llamas, they are usually green. rainbow bunchies are just bunchies that change colours or are in many different colours


What happens when you make a rainbow with the help of a glass of water and sunlight?

The sunlight hits the glass of water and then the light disperses out as a spectrum of colour (rainbow). This is because sunlight is white light and white light contains the 7 colours of the rainbow. When it hits the glass the colours refract and disperse out as the spectrum of colours, which we see as a rainbow.


What Colors Make Up The Light you See?

The Rainbow as you see it are the colours which constitutes the light you see or rather percieve.


Why do you see rainbow colours when you look through a plastic transparent ruler?

Because it splits the light ray into the different coloured rays that make up a regular visible light ray all the colours of the rainbow make the light colour that we see when they are mixed togethet


Why do you get the colors in a rainbow?

you get the colours in a rainbow because of the sun magnifying through the rain and projecting the coulours of the rainbow. if you squint at a light you will see a rainbow around it. it works a bit like that


What happens when light is shone at a prism?

It splits into the colours that make it up, so white light makes a rainbow, and different colours produce different results.