Why are some salts colored even with all electrons paired?

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Certain salts exhibit color despite having all their electrons paired due to the phenomenon known as "charge transfer." This effect occurs when an electron transitions between different energy levels, often involving the movement of electrons between metal cations and ligands. In compounds like potassium dichromate and potassium permanganate, the intense colors arise from these charge transfer transitions, which can happen even in the presence of fully paired electrons. Charge transfer is particularly observed in transition metal complexes and can result in vibrant colors due to the energy differences between the ground state and excited state of the electrons. Understanding this effect is crucial for explaining the coloration in various salts, including silver bromide and iodide, which also display colors through similar mechanisms.
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why some salts are coloured although all the electrons are paired in it?
Ex: potassium dichromate, potassium permanganate, silver bromide/iodide.
 
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You don't need unpaired electrons to have a colored salt.
 
Its because of "charge transfer" that some salts inspite of having paired electrons have bright intense colour like KMnO4
 
can you please explain this charge transfer effect, and in which type of this will be observed?
 
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