The chemical composition, the crystalline structure, the taste, the melting and boiling point etc.
salt is a solid but water is a liquid
for texture and color
The taste
Salt + Vegetable oil . The salt is the ionic solid and the vegetable oil is the nonpolar liquid
Becquerel in 1896 hadn't the possibility to identify the radiations emitted from uranium.
You cannot because you are looking for something that doesn't exist.
Reactants and solutions
I would normally identify the color of paint by looking at it. I do not know of any way to analyse color by using salt and sugar. If I needed a scientific analysis, I would use a photometer.
The color of the salt glaze is a brown sometimes tending towards purple. The surface texture is reminiscent of an orange peel.
The most sure method is chemical analysis.
It's called Morton blue as in the Morton Salt Company. It is a dye used to help identify the the amount and areas of where the salt is spread when used in road de-icing.
Examples: anchovies, capers, cucumbers, feta and telemea cheese etc,