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    The document discusses the visible light spectrum and how to create a rainbow. It explains that white light is a mixture of all colors, and a prism can separate white light into the different colors through dispersion. It also notes that TV screens use three basic colors - red, green and blue - to produce other colors. The document concludes by describing how water droplets in the air act as prisms to split sunlight into a rainbow when the sun is shining after rain.

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    The document discusses the visible light spectrum and how to create a rainbow. It explains that white light is a mixture of all colors, and a prism can separate white light into the different colors through dispersion. It also notes that TV screens use three basic colors - red, green and blue - to produce other colors. The document concludes by describing how water droplets in the air act as prisms to split sunlight into a rainbow when the sun is shining after rain.

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    Spectrum: Fun Facts Experiment - Make Your Own Rainbow

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    Spectrum

    Fun Facts Experiment – make your own


    n The visible spectrum consists rainbow
    of all the colours we normally n Take a garden hose and spray
    see…….that’s a lot of colours! water through it.
    n Now hold your thumb over the
    n White light is a mixture of end to create a mist.
    every other colour! n Stand with your back to the
    sun………can you see a rainbow?

    n A prism can separate the


    different colours in white light
    by bending each colour through
    a different angle. This is called
    DISPERSION.

    n Your TV screen contains only


    three colours……green, red and
    blue. By mixing these in varying
    amounts we can produce all the
    colours you normally see on the
    screen. Take a closer look at So what happens?
    your TV with a magnifying glass!

    n The small water droplets each


    n Some parts of the Spectrum act like a prism and split the
    are invisible to us. Ultra-violet white sunlight into all the
    can make things glow and Infra- colours of the
    red is used to rescue people spectrum………this is why we see
    and heat things up! a rainbow when it rains and the
    sun is shining.

    http://www.orc.soton.ac.uk/OSA/lightwave/

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