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Table of Colors of Borax Beads in Oxidizing Flame
| Element | Color Hot | Color Cold |
| Aluminum | Colorless to Cloudy | Colorless to Cloudy |
| Antimony | Yellowish | Colorless |
| Barium | Colorless to Opaque | Colorless to Opaque |
| Bismuth | Yellow | Colorless |
| Cadmium | Yellow | Colorless to White |
| Calcium | Colorless | Colorless |
| Chromium | Reddish Yellow | Yellowish Green |
| Cobalt | Blue | Blue |
| Copper | Green | Greenish Blue |
| Iron | Orange | Yellow |
| Lead | Yellow | Colorless |
| Magnesium | Colorless | Colorless |
| Manganese | Violet | Reddish Violet |
| Nickel | Violet | Reddish Brown |
| Silver | Colorless | Milk-White |
| Strontium | Colorless to Opaque | Colorless to Opaque |
| Tin | Colorless | Colorless |
| Zinc | Yellowish | Colorless |