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Which aberration causes different colors to focus at different points?

Answer: Chromatic aberration.

  • A Spherical aberration
  • B Coma
  • C Chromatic aberration
  • D Astigmatism

Correct answer: C. Chromatic aberration

Explanation: Chromatic aberration: lens refracts different wavelengths differently (due to dispersion), causing color fringing.

Concave mirror ray diagram with an object drawn as a candle on the principal axis, the focal point F marked, and the parallel ray and focal ray reflecting to form an inverted real image

Concave mirror ray construction: a ray parallel to the axis reflects through F, and a ray through F reflects parallel, locating the inverted real image. Image: Maxmath12, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Concept context

Reflection, refraction, lenses, mirrors, total internal reflection.

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