KOCO 5 Meteorologist Sabrina Bates explains the chemistry behind the vibrant colors of Fourth of July fireworks.

Strontium carbonate (red), calcium chloride (orange), sodium nitrate (yellow), barium chloride (green) and copper chloride ...

If you’ve ever wondered how fireworks get their color, it all comes down to science, specifically metal salts. When fireworks ...

Fireworks come in many different colors. AccuWeather's Melissa Constanzer explains the chemical composition that makes up the ...

The Fourth of July holiday is this week and that means bright colors and big booms are coming to the night sky. Fireworks are ...

Nurture Nature Center’s docent Jeff Mucklin explains how a smiley face fireworks is made with different chemicals that burn ...

Adam Sherwinski teaches ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander what causes the different colors of fireworks and demonstrates a ...

The color of the firework is based on the chemical compounds that they are composed of. Red uses strontium, yellow uses ...

The rush of sunset on the 4th of July, the cool breeze just after as the sky gets darker and darker, racing to find the ...

A fun take on New Jersey fireworks. More specifically, the colors that are the most and least common in fireworks displays.

The annual celebration of our Independence Day will dazzle the skies but will come with more sizzling heat with air quality concerns on the rise.