Solvatochromic shifts vs nanosolvation patterns: Uracil in water as a test case

►We address the role played by a different subset of nanosolvation. ► Patterns on the electronic properties of uracil in water at 298 K. ► The semi-classical simulations are based on the use of either an implicit or an explicit description of polarization. ► Electronic transitions are better reproduced when applying a polarizable sampling model in molecular dynamics simulations.