Which light behavior explains how white light spreads out into different colors?

options:

dispersion
dispersion

refraction
refraction

reflection
reflection

diffraction

1 answer

The correct option is dispersion.

Dispersion explains how white light spreads out into different colors, such as when it passes through a prism and separates into the various wavelengths of light that make up the spectrum (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet).