Transition Metal Ions Often Absorb Visible Light in Promoting Electrons

Multiple Choice

Transition metal ions often absorb visible light in promoting electrons from a ground state to an excited state. Why doesn't aluminum(III) ion have this property?

A) It does, and this fact accounts for the color of some gemstones.
B) Aluminum(III) has a noble gas configuration-that of argon.
C) Aluminum(III) has a noble gas configuration-that of neon.
D) Aluminum(III) has a filled d subshell.
E) The crystal field splitting of the d orbitals in aluminum(III) is very large.