MHT CET 2026 Chemistry question

What type of color is observed when a compound absorbs red coloured light?

(A)Red
(B)BlueCorrect
(C)Orange
(D)Yellow

Answer: (B)

Solution

A coloured compound absorbs some wavelengths of visible light and the colour we see is the complementary colour of the absorbed light. Red light is absorbed, so the compound appears in the complementary colour of red, which is bluish-green (the green-blue region

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