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A chromophore is a group that

  • A.shifts an absorption to longer wavelength
  • B.prevents a molecule from absorbing at all
  • C.absorbs in the ultraviolet or visible region
  • D.intensifies the absorption of another group

Answer: C

Correct answer: absorbs in the ultraviolet or visible region

A chromophore is the group responsible for the absorption - a carbonyl, a nitro group, an extended conjugated system - and it is what gives a compound its colour when the absorption falls in the visible. An auxochrome is the different thing described in the next question: a group that modifies a chromophore’s absorption without being the source of it.

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