White light is broken down into what colors?

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Manasvini Nittala
Oct 23, 2017

white light splits into VIBGYOR

Explanation:

white light disperses when seen through a glass or prism into 7 colors known as visible spectrum or VIBGYOR where

  • V=violet
  • I=indigo
  • B=blue
  • G=green
  • Y=yellow
  • O=orange
  • R=red
    These colors are the only part of the entire electromagnetic spectrum which is visible to the naked eye. enter image source here it looks somewhat like this.
    TRENDS:
    1.ν=frequency is high for the color violet and keeps reducing till it comes to red.
  • λ= wavelength is really low for violet and keeps increasing till it comes to red.
    3.refractive index(n)=it is high for violet and decreases down till red
  • ic=critical angle is really low for violet and increases till red
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