explain in you own words what happens to a beam of light when  passes through a colored solution (for example a purple solution)

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Problem 49E: Describe how white light interacts with a colored substance to make it look colored.
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When a beam of light passes through a colored solution, what happens to it depends on the properties of the solution and the wavelength of the light.

 

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