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title: "Lab colour chart Template – Chemistry Diagram | MolDraw"
url: https://www.moldraw.com/templates/concept-lab-colours/
description: "Lab colour chart template: Flame-test colours, coloured precipitates in test tubes, indicator colour changes and the universal indicator scale. Preview it…"
lang: en
publisher: Scidart Academy
generated: 2026-10-28
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# Lab colour chart template

![Lab colour chart template: Flame-test colours, coloured precipitates in test tubes, indicator colour changes and the universal indicator scale.](https://www.moldraw.com/templates/concept-lab-colours.webp)

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Flame-test colours, coloured precipitates in test tubes, indicator colour changes and the universal indicator scale.

## What the template shows

- Qualitative analysis at a glance: flame tests, precipitates and indicators
- Flame tests
- dip a clean nichrome wire, hold in a blue Bunsen flame
- crimson red
- yellow-orange
- brick red
- apple green
- blue-green
- formed on mixing ion solutions
- bright yellow
- pale blue
- dirty green
- rust brown
- colour in acid → colour in base
- red → blue
- colourless → pink
- Methyl orange
- red → yellow
- Bromothymol blue
- yellow → blue
- Universal indicator
- pH 1 (strong acid) to 14 (strong base)
- Colours vary with concentration and lighting; confirm with a second test.
- Ag halide precipitates: AgCl dissolves in dilute NH₃, AgBr only in concentrated NH₃, AgI in neither.

Drawn with 48 shapes – every one editable in MolDraw.

## Sources

- [Housecroft & Sharpe, Inorganic Chemistry, 5th ed., Pearson 2018](https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781292134147) Textbook
- [Furniss et al., Vogel's Textbook of Practical Organic Chemistry, 5th ed., Longman 1989](https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780582462366) Textbook

## How to use this template

1. Press **Edit in MolDraw**. The template opens on the canvas of the free MolDraw editor.
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## Frequently asked questions

### Is the Lab colour chart template free?

You can preview the Lab colour chart template here and open and edit it in MolDraw for free. Downloading or exporting it is part of MolDraw Pro, together with the other premium templates.

### Can I edit the Lab colour chart template?

Yes. It opens as an ordinary MolDraw drawing, so every structure, arrow, label and colour can be changed, and you can add your own content around it.

### Is the chemistry checked?

Every structure is checked with RDKit and every curly arrow passes MolDraw’s electron-flow audit. The sources used are listed on this page.

### What is on the lab colour chart?

The colours of common precipitates, flame tests and indicators, as used in qualitative analysis.

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