Question

What do you understand by the term spectrum?
Name the various colours present in the spectrum of sunlight.​

Answer 1

Answer:

White light is called as white because it consists of seven colors. The sunlight splits into seven colors namely violet, indigo, blue, green, orange, and red. We usually call it as VIBGYOR. When we mix all these colors we just get one light which is the WHITE light. Let us carry out a small activity to show that sunlight has seven different colors.

Answer 2

Answer:

Spectrum is the band of colours obtained on a screen when white light passes through a prism and splits into its constituent colours. The colours of the spectrum are violet (V), indigo (1), blue (B), green (G), yellow (Y), orange (O), and red (R). The order of the spectrum is VIBGYOR.