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many different chemicals make certain colored fires... heres a list. dark red = lithium chloride

red = strontium chloride (found in emergency flares)

orange = calcium chloride (a bleaching powder)

yellow = sodium chloride (table salt) or sodium carbonate

yellowish green = borax (sodium borate, a common insecticide and cleaning agent)

green = copper sulfate (found in some pool and aquarium chemicals)

blue = copper chloride (lab chemical, but other copper compounds found in algicides and fungicides may work)

violet = 3 parts potassium sulfate, 1 part potassium nitrate (saltpeter)

purple = potassium chloride (sometimes sold as a 'lite' salt)

white = magnesium sulfate (Epsom salts)

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