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Is it a physical or chemical change if you mix liquids with different colors?

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C. Bernthal

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C. Bernthal
C. Bernthal, Teacher, MA, P.hD, Seattle

Answered Feb 01, 2021


Physical change is the correct answer to this question. Physical change is defined as changes that may change the display of the object or substance. However, it does not change the chemical composition of the subject. If it were to change the chemical composition, then it would be a chemical change.

When it comes to mixing colors, whether it be paint or crayons, the chemical composition of those substances would not change. The only thing that may change is that the colors mixed together may form a new color. However, they are still paint or crayons. This is why it is a physical change.

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E. Austin

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Answered Feb 01, 2021

The correct answer to this question physical change. Mixing colors together is a physical change because a new substance is now formed when those colors are mixed together. They will change in their form, but they are not changing the chemical composition of them.

For example, if you mix colors of paint together, it would just change the color of them. However, breaking them down, they are still painted. Now, if you were to add another substance other than paint to it, then it would be a chemical change because a new substance is forming. It is no longer just paint.

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W. Kaye

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W. Kaye, Ex-Marine, Post Graduate, Chapel Hill

Answered Jan 29, 2021

It is a physical change because of the decrease in temperature. Material changes remain the same substance. However, its appearance may change. Chemical changes are often more difficult to reverse than physical changes.

Physical changes include color change, temperature change, light is given off, or bubbles. Chemical changes, on the other hand, occur when bonds are broken between molecules and atoms. A physical change may produce a marked difference in the appearance of a substance.

Some common material changes include melting ice, shredding paper, chopping wood, and mixing different color marbles. Changing the state of a pure material between solid, liquid, and gas phases of matter are all physical changes.

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Matz Lewis Clark

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Matz Lewis Clark, College student, Graduation, Orlando

Answered Dec 12, 2018

It is most likely a physical change when you mix liquids with different colours. The information available is too small to out rightly say if this is a physical or chemical change. A mixture is formed in such condition. A mixture is a physical combination of two or more substances. Therefore, mixing the colour liquids is simply a physical change.

Although, one of the characteristics of a chemical change is a change in colour, mixing all these liquids will result in a different colour but the mixture still remain an example of a physical change as a physical property (colour) was changed.

However, we cannot tell if the compounds of the liquids did not react to produce a new colour.

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