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human
What happens to light when it is absorbed?

Certain lights are reflected and absorbed. 

So what happens to light that is absorbed?
gpt
If light hits an electron, the incident photon is absorbed and its energy transfered to the kinetic energy of the electron. With a higher kinetic energy, the electron enters an excited state, moving to a higher energy orbital. 

The electron can then emit another photon and "jump back down", and the emitted wavelength of light will be whatever's allowed for the allowed transitions for that electron.