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How many colors in a prism?

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A prism is normally colourless. White light, incident upon the prism, is broken down into a continuum of wavelengths. Although there are thus an infinity of colours, customarily, they are classed into the following seven: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet.

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