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Re: [Phys-l] rainbow



Each color is bent a different amount and enters the eye in a different PLACE.



Dennis Erickson
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On Mar 27, 2007, at 5:11 PM, Julie Quah wrote:

Dispersion of white light occurs due to different refractive index of each
coloured light. How does that explain the different rainbow colours
observed? Is it because each light enters the eye at different time?
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