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It is not possible to name all the colors that make up white light.
White light is a combinations of all the visible colors in the rainbow. We may refer to specific colors such as red, orange yellow green blue purple and more but these are just names we assign to colors with the same general appearance. Each of these can represent multiple shades of the color such as navy blue, sea blue, sky blue, aquamarine and more. In fact, given any two colors, there will be another color or shade between them so there really are an infinite number of color and we don't have that many names to assign to the colors.
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How do you see black and white?
BlackAll of the colours that make the white light shine down on the black object and all of the colours that make the white light the light absorbs into the object and no light reflects.WhiteAll of the colours that make the white light shine down on the white object and the light and no light is absorbed into the object but all of the colours that make the white light are reflected into your eyes
What is the spectum?
White light is composed of many colours. When these colours combine, they look white. One way of showing that white light is composed of different colours is to make white light pass through a glass prism. This splits up the white light into its constituent colours. I f you hold a screen in its path, you will see a band of colours. This band of colours is called the spectrum. Since it is visible to human eyes, it is called the visible spectrum.
What happens when light falls on a white objects?
When light falls on a white object, the object reflects all visible wavelengths of light equally, giving it its white appearance. This means that no specific color is absorbed by the object, and all colors are reflected back to our eyes, creating the perception of white.
Why does white light split into different colours when it hits a prism?
White light is a mixture of different colors, each with a specific wavelength. When white light enters a prism, the different colors that make up white light bend at slightly different angles due to their differing wavelengths. This causes the white light to separate into its component colors, creating a spectrum.
Is white light monochromatic light?
No exactly the contrary, white light is made up of light of all the colours of the rainbow. And you need to take that literally. The rainbow has these colours because rain acts as a prism and breaks the white light of the sun apart in the colours it is made up of. Because monochromatic means 'of one and the same colour', white light is not monochromatic. LASER light is always monochromatic: all particles have exactly the same wavelength (colour)
