Splitting of light into its component colours is known as:

Lateral Inversion

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Dispersion

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Reflection

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Refraction

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The correct option is B
Dispersion

Splitting of light into its constituent colours is known as dispersion of light. This happens through multiple refractions where the constituent colours of light deviate at different angles.

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The splitting of white light into its component colours is called dispersion.

State True or False:

The splitting of white light into its component colours is called dispersion.

The process by which a beam of white light splits into its constituent colours is known as reflection.

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