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Light Dispersion

White light is a chord — a prism reveals the individual notes. Each wavelength bends by a different amount as it crosses glass, splitting a single beam into a continuous spectrum. The same physics that creates rainbows.
Presets
Parameters
16
2.0
60
1.62
0.025
Display
Drag the light source to reposition
Drag the prism to move it
Scroll on prism to rotate
Space: toggle normals
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