Appearance of all the elements in the Periodic Table
Refer to table and property element trend below for Appearance of all the elements in the periodic table. We have shown the list of elements Appearance of the elements for which reliable data is available.
Appearance Chart - Appearance of the elements in table chart format
This Appearance table gives the Appearance of all the elements of periodic table . Click on 'Element Atomic Number', 'Element Symbol', 'Element Name' and 'Element Appearance' headers to sort.
| Element Atomic Number | Element Symbol | Element Name | Element Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | H | Hydrogen | colorless gas |
| 2 | He | Helium | colorless gas, exhibiting a red-orange glow when placed in a high-voltage electric field |
| 3 | Li | Lithium | silvery-white |
| 4 | Be | Beryllium | white-gray metallic |
| 5 | B | Boron | black-brown |
| 6 | C | Carbon | graphite: black, diamond: clear |
| 7 | N | Nitrogen | colorless gas, liquid or solid |
| 8 | O | Oxygen | - |
| 9 | F | Fluorine | - |
| 10 | Ne | Neon | colorless gas exhibiting an orange-red glow when placed in a high voltage electric field |
| 11 | Na | Sodium | silvery white metallic |
| 12 | Mg | Magnesium | shiny grey solid |
| 13 | Al | Aluminium | silvery gray metallic |
| 14 | Si | Silicon | crystalline, reflective with bluish-tinged faces |
| 15 | P | Phosphorus | colourless, waxy white, yellow, scarlet, red, violet, black |
| 16 | S | Sulfur | lemon yellow sintered microcrystals |
| 17 | Cl | Chlorine | pale yellow-green gas |
| 18 | Ar | Argon | colorless gas exhibiting a lilac/violet glow when placed in a high voltage electric field |
| 19 | K | Potassium | silvery gray |
| 20 | Ca | Calcium | - |
| 21 | Sc | Scandium | silvery white |
| 22 | Ti | Titanium | silvery grey-white metallic |
| 23 | V | Vanadium | blue-silver-grey metal |
| 24 | Cr | Chromium | silvery metallic |
| 25 | Mn | Manganese | silvery metallic |
| 26 | Fe | Iron | lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge |
| 27 | Co | Cobalt | hard lustrous gray metal |
| 28 | Ni | Nickel | lustrous, metallic, and silver with a gold tinge |
| 29 | Cu | Copper | red-orange metallic luster |
| 30 | Zn | Zinc | silver-gray |
| 31 | Ga | Gallium | silver-white |
| 32 | Ge | Germanium | grayish-white |
| 33 | As | Arsenic | metallic grey |
| 34 | Se | Selenium | black, red, and gray (not pictured) allotropes |
| 35 | Br | Bromine | - |
| 36 | Kr | Krypton | colorless gas, exhibiting a whitish glow in a high electric field |
| 37 | Rb | Rubidium | grey white |
| 38 | Sr | Strontium | - |
| 39 | Y | Yttrium | silvery white |
| 40 | Zr | Zirconium | silvery white |
| 41 | Nb | Niobium | gray metallic, bluish when oxidized |
| 42 | Mo | Molybdenum | gray metallic |
| 43 | Tc | Technetium | shiny gray metal |
| 44 | Ru | Ruthenium | silvery white metallic |
| 45 | Rh | Rhodium | silvery white metallic |
| 46 | Pd | Palladium | silvery white |
| 47 | Ag | Silver | lustrous white metal |
| 48 | Cd | Cadmium | silvery bluish-gray metallic |
| 49 | In | Indium | silvery lustrous gray |
| 50 | Sn | Tin | silvery-white (beta, β) or gray (alpha, α) |
| 51 | Sb | Antimony | silvery lustrous gray |
| 52 | Te | Tellurium | - |
| 53 | I | Iodine | lustrous metallic gray, violet as a gas |
| 54 | Xe | Xenon | colorless gas, exhibiting a blue glow when placed in a high voltage electric field |
| 55 | Cs | Cesium | silvery gold |
| 56 | Ba | Barium | - |
| 57 | La | Lanthanum | silvery white |
| 58 | Ce | Cerium | silvery white |
| 59 | Pr | Praseodymium | grayish white |
| 60 | Nd | Neodymium | silvery white |
| 61 | Pm | Promethium | metallic |
| 62 | Sm | Samarium | silvery white |
| 63 | Eu | Europium | - |
| 64 | Gd | Gadolinium | silvery white |
| 65 | Tb | Terbium | silvery white |
| 66 | Dy | Dysprosium | silvery white |
| 67 | Ho | Holmium | silvery white |
| 68 | Er | Erbium | silvery white |
| 69 | Tm | Thulium | silvery gray |
| 70 | Yb | Ytterbium | - |
| 71 | Lu | Lutetium | silvery white |
| 72 | Hf | Hafnium | steel gray |
| 73 | Ta | Tantalum | gray blue |
| 74 | W | Tungsten | grayish white, lustrous |
| 75 | Re | Rhenium | silvery-grayish |
| 76 | Os | Osmium | silvery, blue cast |
| 77 | Ir | Iridium | silvery white |
| 78 | Pt | Platinum | silvery white |
| 79 | Au | Gold | metallic yellow |
| 80 | Hg | Mercury | silvery |
| 81 | Tl | Thallium | silvery white |
| 82 | Pb | Lead | metallic gray |
| 83 | Bi | Bismuth | lustrous silver |
| 84 | Po | Polonium | silvery |
| 85 | At | Astatine | unknown, probably metallic |
| 86 | Rn | Radon | colorless gas, occasionally glows green or red in discharge tubes |
| 87 | Fr | Francium | - |
| 88 | Ra | Radium | silvery white metallic |
| 89 | Ac | Actinium | - |
| 90 | Th | Thorium | silvery, often with black tarnish |
| 91 | Pa | Protactinium | bright, silvery metallic luster |
| 92 | U | Uranium | - |
| 93 | Np | Neptunium | silvery metallic |
| 94 | Pu | Plutonium | silvery white, tarnishing to dark gray in air |
| 95 | Am | Americium | silvery white |
| 96 | Cm | Curium | silvery metallic, glows purple in the dark |
| 97 | Bk | Berkelium | silvery |
| 98 | Cf | Californium | silvery |
| 99 | Es | Einsteinium | silver-colored |
| 100 | Fm | Fermium | - |
| 101 | Md | Mendelevium | - |
| 102 | No | Nobelium | - |
| 103 | Lr | Lawrencium | - |
| 104 | Rf | Rutherfordium | - |
| 105 | Db | Dubnium | - |
| 106 | Sg | Seaborgium | - |
| 107 | Bh | Bohrium | - |
| 108 | Hs | Hassium | - |
| 109 | Mt | Meitnerium | - |
| 110 | Ds | Darmstadtium | - |
| 111 | Rg | Roentgenium | - |
| 112 | Cn | Copernicium | - |
| 113 | Nh | Nihonium | - |
| 114 | Fl | Flerovium | - |
| 115 | Mc | Moscovium | - |
| 116 | Lv | Livermorium | - |
| 117 | Ts | Tennessine | - |
| 118 | Og | Oganesson | - |
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Periodic Table of Elements with Appearance Trends
In the below periodic table you can see the trend of Appearance. For facts, physical properties, chemical properties, structure and atomic properties of the specific element, click on the element symbol in the below periodic table.