Chapter 16, Problem 48A

To determine

The colors that white light consist of.

Explanation of Solution

Introduction:

The portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye is called the visible spectrum of light. The visible light range falls within the range of EM spectrum between the region of infrared and ultraviolet.

White light consists of seven colors of different wavelengths. The colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Red color light has the longest wavelength, $\text{700 nm}$ and violet color light has the shortest wavelength $\text{400 nm}$ .