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Visible light may be separated into its color spectrum due to what wave property? reflection diffraction refraction diffusion

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That happens because of refraction.

At the boundary between two different media, each color bends a tiny tiny tiny tiny amount different from how the other colors bend, so they come out of the other side all spread out.

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