How does the electron come back down in energy level after absorbing a photon?

[jjschwartz1]

A common explanation for the origin of (some) color is that a material absorbs a, say, red photon and an electron moves from one energy level to a higher energy level, the difference in energy being the energy of the red photon. The material then appears bluish having absorbed the red light.

What happens to that excited electron? If it just falls down to the original energy level it will emit red light and the material won't have color. There must be other processes.

Thank you in advance for any insights.

 

[Vanadium 50]

Where did you get that explanation? It is certainly not the case for solids.