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Color In Coordination Compounds

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The color of many transition metal complexes is mainly due to:

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About This Question

Subject
chemistry
Chapter
coordination compounds
Topic
color in coordination compounds
Difficulty
Easy
Year
2025
Tags
ColorCrystal Field SplittingTransition Metals

Solution

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d–d electronic transition

In a ligand field, d orbitals split into sets of different energies. Absorption of visible light promotes an electron between these split d levels, producing d–d transitions. The complementary transmitted/reflected light gives the observed color.

This easy difficulty chemistry question is from the chapter coordination compounds, covering the topic of color in coordination compounds. It appeared in the 2025 exam.

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