When white light passes through a prism, the prism separates the light into different colors. What are all these colors together

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When white light passes through a prism, the prism separates the light into different colors. What are all these colors together

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Doss [256] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-12T15:17:45+03:00

The separation of visible light into its different colors is known as dispersion. The colors themselves are the colors of the rainbow... <em>red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, purple.</em>

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My source: https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/refrn/Lesson-4/Dispersion-of-Light-by-Prisms