{"id":2928,"date":"2011-08-29T13:35:31","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T06:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maggiemaggio.com\/color\/?p=2928"},"modified":"2011-08-29T14:05:30","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T07:05:30","slug":"fire-iii-rainbow-flames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maggiemaggio.com\/color\/2011\/08\/fire-iii-rainbow-flames\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire III: Fauvist Flames"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The natural colors of flames flow from red through orange, yellow and white to blue. This is the expected range of colors but what if \u00a0you want something unexpected?<\/p>\n

I remember logs and pine cones that burned different colors because they were soaked in certain chemicals. Each chemical produces different colors.<\/p>\n

Here is a short science classroom video that shows the colors made by a variety of chemicals. The first minute is the most interesting, during the remaining time the fires are slowly dying out.\u00a0These are the same chemicals that are used to make fireworks so I don’t recommend trying this experiment at home. \u00a0Its is a rather hazardous form of color mixing!
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