The Human Eye and Colorful World Class 10 Science Previous Year Questions to ACE CBSE Boards 2023

Dispersion in diamonds refers to the separation of white light into its constituent colors (the rainbow effect) as it passes through the diamond, resulting in the visual "fire" that diamonds are known for. This phenomenon is due to the diamond's high refractive index, which causes different wavelengths of light to bend at slightly different angles as they enter and exit the stone. | Gemologist ماہر علم جواہریات

#What_Is_a_Continuous_Spectrum? When you shine white light through a prism, you find out that it contains a rainbow of colors. This is called dispersion, and it happens because light of different wavelengths, or colors, refracts, or bends, by different amounts inside the prism. The rainbow could be described as a spectrum, and if the spectrum goes all the way from red to violet, with no gaps, then it is a continuous spectrum. A beam of perfectly white light, like you would get under certain labo