What color will the oil appear and calculate the wavelenght

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An oil slick 122 nm thick (n = 1.4), lying on water, is illuminated by white ligiht incident, perpendicular to its surface. What color will the oil appear and calculate the wavelenght.
 
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This figure is from "Introduction to Quantum Mechanics" by Griffiths (3rd edition). It is available to download. It is from page 142. I am hoping the usual people on this site will give me a hand understanding what is going on in the figure. After the equation (4.50) it says "It is customary to introduce the principal quantum number, ##n##, which simply orders the allowed energies, starting with 1 for the ground state. (see the figure)" I still don't understand the figure :( Here is...
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