Colours of some common salts / compounds Salts / Compounds Colour Potassium dichromate, K 2 Cr 2 O 7 Orange Potassium permanganate, KMnO 4 Violet Friferric tetraoxide, Fe 3 O 4 Black Ferrous sulphate, FeSO 4 .7H 2 O Green Ferric sulphate, Fe(SO 4 ) 3 Yellow Ferric hydroxide, Fe(OH) 2 Green Ferrous hydroxide, Fe(OH) 3 Orange or reddish brown Ferrous chloride, FeCl 2 Yellow Ferric chloride, FeCl 3 Reddish brown Iron (II) carbonate, FeCO 3 Brown Iron (III) nitrate, Fe(NO 3 ) 3 Red Iron (II) sulphide, FeS Black Iron (III) sulphide, Fe 2 S 3 Black Copper carbonate, CuCO 3 Green Copper nitrate, Cu(NO 3 ) 2 Bluish green Copper sulphate, CuSO 4 .5H 2 O Blue Anhydrous copper sulphate, CuSO 4 White Copper sulphide, CuS Black Copper chloride, CuCl 2 Yellow Copper (II) oxide, CuO Black Copper (I) oxide, Cu 2 O Red 1 Edulabz International CBSEPracticalSkills.com
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Copper hydroxide, Cu(OH) 2 Blue Red lead, Pb 3 O 4 Red or orange red Lead iodide, PbI 2 Yellow Lead sulphide, PbS Black Lead (II) oxide, PbO Yellow Lead (IV) oxide, PbO 2 Chocolate brown Mercuric sulphide, HgS Black or red Mercuric oxide, HgO Orange red Silver iodide, AgI Yellow Silver sulphide, Ag 2 S Black Silver bromide, AgBr Yellow All sodium, calcium, magnesium and zinc salts are white in colour. All other lead, mercury and silver salts (except those mentioned) are white in colour. Silver oxide, Ag 2 O Brown 2
Coordination Chemistry—XIV: Plenary Lectures Presented at the XIVth International Conference on Coordination Chemistry Held at Toronto, Canada, 22—28 June 1972