Question

When light falls on a soap bubble or on the oily film spread on a water puddle, a spectrum of colors is observed. How is this spectrum of colors formed?1) separation of white light by a prism2) absorption of colors in a pigment present3) constructive and destructive interference of light waves4) reflection of light by soap bubble or oil film

Answer 1

When the light falls on a soap bubble spread on a water puddle, and a spectrum of color is observed due to constructive and destructive of light waves which means option (3) is correct. Light waves interfere into each other to produce a spectrum which consists of bright and dark fringes.