Noun: colour spectrum
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: color spectrum)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: color spectrum)
- The distribution of colours produced when light is dispersed by a prism
"The colour spectrum revealed the full range of colours from red to violet";
- visible spectrum, color spectrum [US]
Derived forms: colour spectra
Type of: spectrum
Part of: electromagnetic spectrum
Encyclopedia: Colour spectrum