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Why are only specific colors absorbed and emitted?.

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Answer:

he electrons in an atom can only occupy certain allowed energy levels. ... Only certain energy levels are allowed, so only certain transitions are possible and hence specific wavelengths are emitted when an electron drops to a lower energy leve

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