We can get a rainbow

when sunlight passes

through the water
droplets.

The light splits into

Dispersion different colors when

it passes through a
diamond.
It is the splitting up of white light into its 7
The white light constituent colors (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green,
splits into 7 colors Blue, Indigo, & Violet).
once it passes
through a prism.

We can often see the

different colors of
white light when oil
has spilled on a road.

Source: https://www.teachoo.com/11067/3126/Examples-of-Dispersion-of-Light/category/Extra-Questions/
 The beam of light becomes
visible when it is projected
on a screen from a projector
in the cinema hall.

The sky appears red and

orange during sunrise/sunset
because the blue light has
been scattered out and away
from the line of sight.
Scattering
It is the phenomenon in which light rays
get deviated from its straight path on
striking an obstacle like dust or gas The sky appears blue because
molecules, water vapors etc. the molecules in the air
scatter blue light from the
sun more than they scatter
red light.

The path of light becomes visible due

to scattering of light by the dust
particles when a sunlight enters a
dark room through a window.

Source: https://www.ck12.org/book/cbse-physics-book-class-x/section/2.5/
 The light-wave interference
with filmy surfaces like
camera lenses has the effect
of filtering different colors.

Interference
When a light reflected from
a film of oil floating on
water, different colors are
either extinguished or
It is the phenomenon of redistribution reinforced, depending on the
When light reflects from
of energy due to super position of light path length through
the wings of beetles, it light waves from two coherent the film.
produces a spectral sources.
display of interference
patterns similar from
the surface of CD.

The thin film of a soap

bubble reflects a spectrum
of different colors when
illuminated by a light source.

Source: https://www.microscopyu.com/techniques/polarized-light/principles-of-interference
 When different versions of image
get diffracted and reach the lens
from multiple sides forming a
pattern that results to a hologram.

When you open a door

to a dark room, the
light gushes inside with
a bend across the edges
Diffraction
and around the comers It is a process by virtue of which a system of When sunlight gets
of the door. waves spread out after passing through narrow diffracted by small
gaps; or bending of waves around a small aperture. water vapors or ice
crystals, it forms a
right of light around
the sun called
corona.

When the light rays from the

sun are blocked by the clouds,
the light waves get diffracted
and deviated.

Source: https://studiousguy.com/diffraction-examples/
Dispersion:
https://www.teachoo.com/11067/3126/Examples-of-Dispersion-of-Light/category/Extra-Questions/

Scattering:
https://www.ck12.org/book/cbse-physics-book-class-x/section/2.5/

Interference
https://www.microscopyu.com/techniques/polarized-light/principles-of-interference

Diffraction\
https://studiousguy.com/diffraction-examples/