When white light comes out of the prism, light is spread in a fan shaped beam. This fan shaped beam is termed as a spectrum. Light is said to be dispersed into a spectrum consisting of violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red.
When white light comes out of the prism, light is spread in a fan shaped beam. This fan shaped beam is termed as a spectrum. Light is said to be dispersed into a spectrum consisting of violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red.