Question

What is the color of zinc metal?

Answer 1

Reason for color in d block elements

• An electron gets excited to a higher energy d orbital from a lower energy d orbital. The frequency of light absorbed is proportional to the excitation energy.
• This frequency is usually in the visible range.
• The color seen corresponds to the complementary color of the light absorbed.

Color of zinc metal

• Zinc is a d-block element.
• Zinc$\left(\mathrm{Zn}\right)$ is a bluish-silvery metal.
• So, the color of zinc metal is silvery.