Element Color Medium (State at
Room Temp)
Hydrogen Colorless Gas
Helium Colorless Gas
Lithium Silvery-white Solid (Metal)
Beryllium Silvery-gray Solid (Metal)
Boron Black or brownish- Solid (Metalloid)
black
Carbon Black (graphite), Solid (Non-metal)
clear (diamond)
Nitrogen Colorless Gas
Oxygen Pale blue (liquid), Gas
colorless (gas)
Fluorine Pale yellow-green Gas
Neon Colorless (reddish- Gas
orange in
discharge)
Sodium Silvery-white Solid (Metal)
Magnesium Silvery-white Solid (Metal)
Aluminium Silvery-gray Solid (Metal)
Silicon Gray-black Solid (Metalloid)
Phosphorus White, red, or black Solid (Non-metal)
Sulfur Yellow Solid (Non-metal)
Chlorine Yellow-green Gas
Argon Colorless (lavender Gas
in discharge)
Potassium Silvery with a slight Solid (Metal)
purple tint
Calcium Dull gray or silvery- Solid (Metal)
white
Scandium Silvery-white Solid (Metal)
Titanium Silvery-gray Solid (Metal)
Vanadium Silvery-gray Solid (Metal)
Chromium Silvery with bluish Solid (Metal)
tint
Manganese Silvery-metallic Solid (Metal)
Iron Silvery-gray Solid (Metal)
Cobalt Silvery-blue Solid (Metal)
Nickel Silvery-white Solid (Metal)
Copper Reddish-brown Solid (Metal)
Zinc Bluish-silver Solid (Metal)
Gallium Silvery-white Solid (melts near
room temp)
Germanium Gray-white Solid (Metalloid)
Arsenic Gray (metallic), Solid (Metalloid)
yellow (non-
metallic)
Selenium Red, gray, or black Solid (Non-metal)
Bromine Reddish-brown Liquid
Krypton Colorless (glows Gas
white in discharge)
Rubidium Silvery-white Solid (Metal)
Strontium Silvery-yellow Solid (Metal)
Yttrium Silvery-metallic Solid (Metal)
Zirconium Silvery-gray Solid (Metal)
Silver Shiny metallic gray Solid (Metal)
Tin Silvery-white Solid (Metal)
Iodine Shiny black, purple Solid (Non-metal)
vapor
Xenon Colorless (blue Gas
glow in discharge)
Cesium Silvery-gold Solid (Metal,
melts ~28°C)
Barium Silvery-white Solid (Metal)
Gold Yellow metallic Solid (Metal)
Mercury Silvery metallic Liquid
Lead Bluish-gray Solid (Metal)
Bismuth Pinkish-white with Solid (Metal)
iridescent oxide
Uranium Silvery-gray Solid (Metal)