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Explain the formation of rainbow in the sky with the help of a diagram. List the three phenomena of light involved. Which colour – violet or red appears at top of the rainbow?

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The water droplets act like small prisms. They refract and disperse the incident sunlight, then reflect it internally and finally refract it again when it comes out of rain drop. Due to dispersion and internal reflection of light, different colours reach the observer’s eye along different pairs. 

Therefore the three phenomena involved are refraction, dispersion, internal reflection of light. Red.

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