Question

Use the image to rank the colors from the color that will refract the least to the color that will refract the most.

Least











Most

Answer 1

Red

yellow

Green

Blue

Violet

Answer 2

The correct answer is "Red ; Yellow ; Green ; Blue; Violet"

Step-by-step explanation:

The magnitude of the refraction of each color depends on its frequency and wavelength. The refraction index is inversely proportional to the wavelength. In this way, we find that the red color is the one with the longest wavelength, so it has a refraction index lower than blue, whose wavelength is lower than the red color.

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