Wavelengths of Vibgyor Colors

The colours of the spectrum of white light are violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red (VIBGYOR). The white light is a mixture of different colours. Each colour is associated with light of a particular wavelength. Red light has longer wavelengths than the blue light. The angle of deviation by a prism is not the same for all the wavelength (colours) of light. Hence the prism disperses white light into its constituent colours. The red is deviated least and the violet most.

Colorwavelength (nm)
Violet400 – 440
Indigo440 – 460
Blue460 – 500
Green500 – 570
Yellow570 – 590
Orange590 – 620
Red620 – 720

2 Comments

  1. Manju Das

    November 11, 2014 at 11:28 am

    Please give me graphical representation of wavelengths.

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  2. Venkat

    October 30, 2019 at 5:37 pm

    To determine the wavelength of vibgyor colours by diffraction grating

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