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Phenolphthalein can be any of four different colours in aqueous solutions:

  • If the solutions very strongly acidic it has orange coloour.
  • In weaker acid conditions it becomes colourless
  • In basic conditions it is pink
  • In strongly basic conditions it is colourless


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Clear - if it's neutral or an acid it's clear but if it's an alkali it will go pink

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Below pH of 8.3 it is colorless.Above pH of 10 it is red.

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it is colorless but it will turn pink to indicate that the end-point has been reached

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in acid it turns colorless and in base it turns pink

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The solution is not colored or a bit orange.

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pink

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