How #fireworks get their #colors

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How fireworks get their colors

Many (if not most) fireworks displays have been canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic. Still, it's fun to know that the vibrant colors in fireworks - so good at stirring our emotions - are pure chemistry. Firework colors come from the use of metal salts, packed in pellets called stars.

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