Which color of light is typically bent the most when refracted through a prism?

When light passes through a prism, it is refracted, or bent, due to the change in speed as it moves from air (a less dense medium) into the glass of the prism (a denser medium). The amount of bending that occurs depends on the wavelength of the light; shorter wavelengths are refracted more than longer wavelengths.

Violet light has a shorter wavelength compared to other colors such as red, yellow, and green. As a result, when white light enters the prism, the violet light is bent more sharply than the other colors, resulting in the most significant deviation from its original path. This phenomenon is part of the reason we see the different colors of the spectrum when light is dispersed through a prism, with violet light appearing at one end and red light at the other, the latter being refracted the least due to its longer wavelength.