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The light of one single colour is called:

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monochromatic

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multichromatic

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dichromatic

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polychromatic

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Solution

The correct option is C monochromatic
Monochrome means single colour. The light of one single colour is monochromatic. White light have seven colours. So it is polychromatic.

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