What is the composition of rainbow ?
Asked by Anush
| 22nd Aug, 2018,
09:31: PM
Expert Answer:
- The rainbow consists of 7 bands of colors, namely, Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red.
- Sun is the only source of light for the Earth.
- It emitts white light.
- A rainbow is caused when the white light of the Sun which is directed towards the Earth, passes through the water vapours or the raindrops and splits into 7 different colors.
- The splitting of light after passing through an obstruction like a raindrop is called refraction.
Answered by Abhijeet Mishra
| 23rd Aug, 2018,
11:36: AM
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