Colours appear on a thin soap film and on soap bubbles because of the phenomenon of:

Question

Colours appear on a thin soap film and on soap bubbles because of the phenomenon of: (A) diffraction (B) interference (C) polarization (D) refraction

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The colours seen in a soap bubble arise from interference of light reflecting off the front back surfaces of the thin soap film. Depending on thickness of film, different colours interfere constructively destructively.

Q. Colours appear on a thin soap film and on soap bubbles because of the phenomenon of:

diffraction

interference

polarization

refraction

The colours seen in a soap bubble arise from interference of light reflecting off the front & back surfaces of the thin soap film. Depending on thickness of film, different colours interfere constructively & destructively.