The charge redistribution effects determine the physical and functional properties of transition metal hexacyanometallates. The π-back bonding interaction between the CN ligand and the metal (M) linked at its C end and the σ donation from the N end to a second transition metal (T), when a coordination polymer is formed, are relevant features of such effects. The π-back donation interaction contributes to the overlapping of the electron clouds of M and T metals in the ···-T-N≡C-M-C≡N-T-··· chain. In this contribution, we demonstrate that XPS spectroscopy is a useful tool to sense the change in the electron density redistribution in hexacyanometallates related to these two mechanisms. The results herein discussed contribute to understand the physical and chemical properties of these materials. Initially, a series of potassium salts, K n [M 6-n (CN) 6 ] (M = Cr III , Fe II , Ru II , Os II , Co III , Rh III , Ir III , Pt IV ) is considered in order to evaluate the role of the π-back donation on the electron density found at the N atom, which determines [a]