Question

Observe the given diagram and answer the questions:
Define ‘spectrum’.

Hint:

Dispersion of light occurs when white light splits into its component colors. This happens due to the different refractive indices of colors in a medium, with violet bending the most and red bending the least.

Answer 1

Step 5: Understanding the spectrum
- The spectrum consists of seven distinct colors: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet (VIBGYOR). - These colors appear in order of their wavelengths, with red having the longest and violet the shortest.