Image from MSU Octonus DiamCalc software. For this ray of white light, which falls on the table at an anglee (see arrow), up to17% of the incoming ray is reflect off the surface of the table, while the remainder refract into the diamond. The refrzcted ray begins dispersing and this bundle of colored rays intersects a facet on the diamond at the bottom and the rest reflects back towards the crown. The remainder reflect back into the diamond. Each time the light is reflected from a flat surface, the degree of dispertion (that is the distance the various colors spread out) increases.