White light spectrum

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Colorless or white light as perceived by human eye actually consists of many colors or wavelengths of light. Photographed here is a beam of white light that is dispersed (decomposed) into different colors by a glass prism.

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Photo credit: © GIPhotoStock X / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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