_______ was the first to establish that white light is a combination of several component colours.

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  1. Henry Cavendish
  2. Issac Newton
  3. C.V. Raman
  4. John Dalton

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Option 2 : Issac Newton
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CONCEPT:

  • White light: The light that contains all the wavelengths in the visible light range is called white light.
    • It is the combination of seven light colors: 1. Violet, 2. Indigo 3. Blue, 4. Green, 5. Yellow, 6. Orange, 7. Red

  • Dispersion of light: The splitting of a composite beam of light into its constituent colors is called dispersion of light.
    • The dispersion of white light occurs because the colors of white light travel at different speeds through the glass prism.
    • The dispersion was discovered by Sir Issac Newton.
    • Newton discovered that light is made up of seven different colors.

EXPLANATION:

From the above discussion, we can say that,
  • Issac Newton was the first to establish that white light is a combination of several component colours. So option 2 is correct.

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