Question

3 Give scientific reason:

​​​​​(A) object appear coloured when viewed through a prism

Answer 1

We see that when light falls on a prism, it splits up into many colors. The process of splitting up of white light in different colors is called dispersion. The band of colors produced when white light splits up is called a spectrum, each color has different wave frequency. ​​ The prism absorbs each and every color.