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Going through a prism, light is decomposed into every color in it.
The sunlight shining through the droplets of moisture in the Earth's atmosphere make the spectrum of light appear in a semi-circular form.
Keep in mind that the colors you can see is only the colors that can be seen by the human eye - infra-red and infra violet will be present in a rainbow but will not be visible to us.
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EzraA rainbow forms when sunlight is refracted and reflected by water droplets in the atmosphere, causing the light to separate into its component colors. The water droplets act like tiny prisms, splitting the sunlight into its various colors and creating the arc-shaped spectrum that we see as a rainbow in the sky.
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When the colours of the rainbow are blended they form?
When the colors of the rainbow are blended, they form white light. This is because white light is a combination of all the colors in the visible spectrum.
Who named the rainbow a rainbow?
Rainbows are formed in the rain so rain and bow because it may be some form of a bow.
Is in a rainbow shadow will form?
A rainbow can be formed when sunlight shining from behind you, passes through raindrops ahead of you, and is split into separate colours.
Can a laser pointer make a rainbow with a prism?
A laser beam consists of a single frequency of light, therefore it cannot form a spectrum or rainbow.
Will there be a rainbow if the sun is shining when it snows?
Yes, a rainbow can occur when the sun is shining while it's snowing. The sunlight can refract and reflect off the snowflakes, creating the necessary conditions for a rainbow to form in the sky.
