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Table of Colors of Borax Beads in Reducing Flame
| Element | Color Hot | Color Cold |
| Aluminum | Colorless | Colorless |
| Antimony | Colorless | Cloudy |
| Barium | Colorless | Colorless |
| Bismuth | Colorless | Gray—Cloudy |
| Cadmium | Colorless | Gray—Cloudy |
| Calcium | Colorless | Colorless |
| Chromium | Green | Green |
| Cobalt | Blue | Blue |
| Copper | Colorless | Red |
| Iron | Yellowish Green | Yellowish Green |
| Lead | Colorless | Gray |
| Magnesium | Colorless | Colorless |
| Manganese | Colorless | Pink |
| Nickel | Colorless | Gray—Cloudy |
| Silver | Colorless | Gray |
| Strontium | Colorless | Colorless |
| Tin | Colorless | Colorless |
| Zinc | Colorless | Gray |