Some common elements and their corresponding colors are:

Symbol Name Color Image

Silver-white, in very high temperatures such as an
Al Aluminium
electric arc, light blue

As Arsenic Blue

B Boron Bright green

Ba Barium Pale/Apple Green[5]

Be Beryllium White
Bi Bismuth Azure

C Carbon Bright orange

Ca Calcium Brick red, light green as seen through blue glass.

Cd Cadmium Brick red

Ce Cerium Yellow

Co Cobalt Silver-white

Cr Chromium Silver-white

Cs Caesium Blue-violet

Cu(I) Copper(I) Bluish-green[5]

Copper(II) (non-
Cu(II) Green
halide)
Cu(II) Copper(II) (halide) Blue-green
Ge Germanium Pale blue
 Gold, when very hot such as an electric arc, bright
Fe(II) Iron(II)
blue, or green turning to orange-brown

Fe(III) Iron(III) Orange-brown

H Hydrogen Pale blue

Hf Hafnium White
Hg Mercury Red
In Indium Indigo/Blue

K Potassium Lilac; invisible through cobalt blue glass (purple)

Li Lithium Carmine red; invisible through green glass

Colorless due to Magnesium Oxide layer, but burning

Mg Magnesium
Mg metal gives an intense white

Mn(II) Manganese(II) Yellowish green

Mo Molybdenum Yellowish green

Intense yellow;[5] invisible through cobalt blue glass.
Na Sodium
See also Sodium-vapor lamp
Nb Niobium Green or blue

Ni Nickel Silver-white (sometimes reported as colorless)

P Phosphorus Pale bluish green

Pb Lead Blue/white

Ra Radium Crimson

Rb Rubidium Red-violet

Sb Antimony Pale green

Sc Scandium Orange
Se Selenium Azure
Sn Tin Blue-white

Crimson to Scarlet,[5] yellowish through green glass

Sr Strontium
and violet through blue cobalt glass

Ta Tantalum Blue
Te Tellurium Pale green
Ti Titanium Silver-white
Tl Thallium Pure green
V Vanadium Yellowish Green
W Tungsten Green
Y Yttrium Carmine, Crimson, or Scarlet

Zn Zinc Colorless (sometimes reported as bluish-green)

Zr Zirconium Mild red