Flame Test-Solution/Compound Colors

Flame Test

Yellow - Sodium and Barium

Purple - Potassium

Green - Copper

Red - Lithium and Strontium

Orange - Calcium and Magnesium

Solution/Compound Colors

Iron - orange

Copper - blue/green

Nickel - green/blue

Lead - yellow

Mercury - orange

Cobalt - blue/violet

Manganese - red/violet

Chromium - red/violet

Tin - green

**Group ½ and trans. metals with ONE oxidation state - white/off-white compounds and colorless solutions