I'm looking for the best ways to color fire. I've done copper tubing to make fire a greenish-blue, but I've heard you can make purple and white fire...Are there any other colors? And what do you use? And other than the obvious dangers of a fire, are there any other unsafe things that could happen? It would be helpful to get them not as the actual chemicals themselves, but as a household or easy to find item.
2007-04-14 05:36:58 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
White from epsom salts, magnesium sulfate.
Yellow from table salt, sodium chloride.
Green from boric acid, used for eye wash.
Those are the only ones I can think of that would be easily obtained around the house and would be safe to use.
2007-04-15 01:57:52 · answer #1 · answered by Liz Rich 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to play with flash-powder and such as a teen... making fireworks and stage pyrotechnics (California licensed).
I used Alumininum or Magnesium powder for white.
Purple was Strontium Carbonate (road-flare) and Copper Oxide.
Be careful, be safe
Yellow was Charcoal or Iron Oxide (rust).
2007-04-14 16:14:24 · answer #2 · answered by mariner31 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just be careful cuz they burn off harmful chemicals
2007-04-15 16:22:24 · answer #3 · answered by missey d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋