Which of the following colours of light is bent through a minimum angle when passing through a glass prism?

Correct option is C

• Violet light, with a shorter wavelength, is bent the most.

• Red light, with the longest wavelength, is bent the least.

• Yellow light lies near the middle of the visible spectrum and experiences a moderate amount of bending, hence the smallest deviation.

Information Booster:

• Refraction occurs when light passes from one medium (like air) into another (like glass), and its speed changes, causing the light to bend.

• Dispersion is the separation of light into its component colors due to the different bending angles for each wavelength.

• Violet light (shorter wavelength) bends the most because it is refracted more strongly.

• Red light (longer wavelength) bends the least as it is refracted less.

• The order of bending from most to least is Violet > Blue > Green > Yellow > Orange > Red.​