Which of the following statements best explains why we see only one colour in a rainbow?

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Only one colour is present in the sunlight that creates a rainbow

The other colours are absorbed by the water droplets in the air.

All the other colours are refracted at very large angles and do not reach our eyes.

The other colours are scattered in different directions, making them difficult to see.

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All the other colours are refracted at very large angles and do not reach our eyes.
The colours with longer wavelengths (such as red) are refracted at a smaller angle than the colours with shorter wavelengths (such as violet).
Because the angles of refraction for the other colours are very large, they do not reach our eyes on the ground, and we only see the colour that is refracted at a small angle, which appears as a clear colour in the rainbow.

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