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flame colour Li red Na strong persistent orange K lilac (pink) Rb red (reddish-violet) Cs blue? violet? (see below) Ca orange-red Sr red Ba pale green Cu blue-green (often with white flashes) Pb greyish-white Some common elements and their corresponding colors are: Symbo l Name Color Imag e As Arsenic Blue

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flame colour

Lired

Nastrong persistent orange

Klilac (pink)

Rbred (reddish-violet)

Csblue? violet? (see below)

Caorange-red

Srred

Bapale green

Cublue-green (often with white flashes)

Pbgreyish-white

Some common elements and their corresponding colors are:SymbolNameColorImage

AsArsenicBlue

BBoronBright green

BaBariumPale/Apple green

CaCalciumBrick red

CsCaesiumBlue-Violet

Cu(I)Copper(I)Bluish-green

Cu(II)Copper(II) (non-halide)Green

Cu(II)Copper(II) (halide)Blue-green

FeIronGold

InIndiumBlue

KPotassiumLilac

LiLithiumRed

Mn (II)Manganese (II)Yellowish green

MoMolybdenumYellowish green

NaSodiumIntense yellow

PPhosphorusPale bluish green

PbLeadBlue/white

RaRadiumCrimson red

RbRubidiumRed-violet

SbAntimonyPale green

SeSeleniumAzure blue

SrStrontiumCrimson

TeTelluriumPale green

TlThalliumPure green

ZnZincColorless (sometimes reported as bluish-green)

Magnesium is said to show no colour.