Which colour will be refracted the most when white light is dispersed from a prism?

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Solution

The refractive index of the medium is maximum for the violet light and minimum for the red light. Therefore, when white light enters a prism, it disperses into seven constituent colours and violet light shows the maximum deviation.

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A bearm of white light is shone onto a glass prism. The light cannot be :
(a) deviated (b) dispersed (c) focused (d) refracted

Statement 1: When white light ray passes through a prism, it disperses into seven different colours, and this phenomenon is called dispersion.

Statement 2: In a refracting media, lights of different colour travel at different speed.

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