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Presuming you mean a prism, then the light will pass through the (transparent) material of the prism in a straight line, but will be deflected upon exit.

This is because two things happen too light passing through a prism.

a) the different wavelengths of light travel at different velocities, (all slower than the speed of light in a vacuum), and

b) the light will be deflected when it leaves the prism.

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