Question

when white light is incident on prism, which one of the resulting color components will have the lowest index of refraction?

Answer 1

The color components that will have the lowest index of refraction will be orange.

Answer 2

Red color has the lowest index of refraction

Step-by-step explanation:

In the spectrum of visible light we can observe that red is at the top and violet is at the bottom. Since v = λ . f , where is the wave velocity, is the frequency and is the wavelength of the wave so we can say that red is less deviated than violet. Therefore red has the lowest refractive index among the colors in “VIBGYOR Pattern”.