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THE great majority of chemical substances occurring either as natural products or as the outcome of synthetic preparations in the laboratory are colourless. In other words, white light reflected from their surfaces or transmitted through these solutions is unaffected so far as its balanced colours are concerned and emerges unaltered. The absorption of light in these cases is general; that is, it takes place equally throughout the visible range of the spectrum and the object, therefore appears colourless.
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THORPE, J. Colours, Stains, and Dyes. Nature 114, 125–128 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114125a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/114125a0