<P> A chromophore is the part of a molecule responsible for its color . The color that is seen by our eyes is the one not absorbed within a certain wavelength spectrum of visible light . The chromophore is a region in the molecule where the energy difference between two separate molecular orbitals falls within the range of the visible spectrum . Visible light that hits the chromophore can thus be absorbed by exciting an electron from its ground state into an excited state . </P>
<P> A chromophore is the part of a molecule responsible for its color . The color that is seen by our eyes is the one not absorbed within a certain wavelength spectrum of visible light . The chromophore is a region in the molecule where the energy difference between two separate molecular orbitals falls within the range of the visible spectrum . Visible light that hits the chromophore can thus be absorbed by exciting an electron from its ground state into an excited state . </P>
structural feature that is responsible for absorbing visible light
structural feature that is responsible for absorbing visible light
chromophore
chromophore