Light of a single colour is passed through a liquid having a piece of glass suspended in it. On changing the temperature of liquid, at a particular temperature the glass piece is not seen. Why is the light of a single colour used?

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Moochromatic light must be used as lights of different wavelengths i.e.different colors have different refractive indices with the same medium.

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