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What determined whether light was absorbed, reflected?

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Absorption depends on the electromagnetic frequency of the light and object's nature of atoms. The absorption of light is therefore directly proportional to the frequency. If they are complementary, light is absorbed. If they are not complementary, then the light passes through the object or gets reflected.

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