# Software/apparatus to measure wavelength of visible light

I need a software or an apparatus (avaiable in school conditions) to measure wavelengths of visible light. In my lab I use coloured filters to get different colours of light, but I have to measure exact wavelenths.

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This depends largely on what apparatus your school already has. But every school should have a good diffraction grating and a large white screen. You can then do a diffraction experiment and take measurements on the screen. Then using the formula $d \ sin \theta =n \lambda$, you can get wavelengths. See http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/phyopt/gratcal.html for more information on measuring wavelengths using a diffraction grating.