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When you shine a white light through a prism the light is split into the different colors of the rainbow what are the colors that make up this spectrum

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The answer will be red, orange, yellow , green,blue , indigo and violet
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Answer:

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.

Step-by-step explanation:

These are the colors that light takes on when split using a prism. These are the same colors that are in a rainbow. You can remeber these colors using this acronym:

R.O.Y G. B.I.V

It's kinda like a name!

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