When we look into the sun through narrowed eyelids, we see colour pattern in space because of

Options

A. the reflection of light takes place at the hairs of eyelids.
B. the diffraction of light takes place at the hairs of eyelids.
C. the refraction of light takes place at the hairs of eyelids.
D. None of these

Answer

B

Explanation

Sunlight contains seven colours of light of varios wavelengths, ranging from violet to red.
When the sun rays pass through hair of eyelids, diffraction of light takes place at the hairs and the light rays bend through different extent, which causes splitting up of constituent light colours.