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Help? Visible light is seen as white light. However, when it passes through a prism, we see multiple colors. Why does this happen?

Help? Visible light is seen as white light. However, when it passes through a prism, we see multiple colors. Why does this happen?
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Visible light is seen as white light. However, when it passes through a prism, we see multiple colors.
Why does this happen?

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User Paolo Moretti
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The light gets refracted, or split into it's different colors. White light is made up of the ROYGBIV colors. Hope this helps.
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