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Sunlight consists of light of only one colour. Do you agree? Give reasons.

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No, I do not agree. Sunlight appears to be a single white light but actually, it is made up of 7 constituent colours, i.e. Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, and Red. When the sunlight undergoes dispersion, then the seven constituent colours can be observed separately.

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