In order to investigate the spectral properties of iron diimine complexes a new series of complexes was synthesized and characterized. Their electronic spectra were studied including solid state liquid nitrogen temperature (LNT) measurements. This study showed that in the case of the ferrous complexes three metal to ligand electron transfer (MLET) bands can be observed, in the visible region, although many authors have assigned them to vibrational structure of the main band. The d-d bands in the spectra of the ferrous complexes are discussed. Very intense internal ligand electron transfer (lLET) bands are observed in the UV region and discussed. In the case of the ferric complexes we observed two ligand to metal electron transfer (LMET) bands in the visible region and lLET bands in the UV region. A correlation between the energy of these transitions in the ferrous and ferric complexes is discussed.