Learn about the spectrum of colours found in visible light, how to split white light and the primary and secondary colours of light in this guide for KS3 physics students aged 11-14 from BBC Bitesize.

To see those colors, you need something called a prism — an object that can refract light and break it up, according to Sciencing, by the color's wavelengths.

The Sun's visible colors are revealed by passing its light through a prism-like device at the McMath-Pierce Solar Observatory. The spectrum highlights the Sun's emission of light in various colors ...