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HELP PLSDoes an atom have a color?

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If we defined color as a phenomenon that depends on the reflection, absortion and refraction of light, then atoms do not have color, since this phenomenon requires the interaction of many particles, and a sigle atom is to small compared with the usual wavelength of visible light.

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