The predominant color of an emission nebula is:
A) red, from the hydrogen Balmer Hα line.
B) blue, from scattering of light from hot stars by dust particles.
C) green-yellow from the 530.3 nm emission line of ionized iron, equivalent to that from the hot solar corona.
D) a continuum of all colors, the combined light from all the stars in the nebula.
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