Why do we observe the seven colours when white light passes through a glass prism? Which component of white…

Why do we observe the seven colours when white light passes through a glass prism? Which component of white light deviates the least?

Solution

Since angle of deviation for different colour is different hence different colour suffers different deviation. Deviation for red colour is minimum.

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