Candy Chromatography: What Colors Are in Your Candy? | Science Project

How many dyes are in a bag of M&Ms? The answer might surprise you! Not every M&M color is a single dye; some are mixtures. You can discover all of the colors using a technique called paper chromatography. This video shows you step-by-step how to do a paper chromatography experiment on candy. Are you ready to become a color detective? Written instructions are available on our website at
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00:00 - Introduction
00:28 - Prepare Your Samples
00:59 - Prepare Your Paper Strips
02:20 - Chromatography Separation Experiment
03:52 - Analyze Your Results
04:18 - More Paper Chromatography Help
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Doing this tomorrow with my students. Hope it goes well.

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@@Science.Buddies It went really well! The only downside was that I had to readjust after discovering a broken beaker. haha.
The students were super excited to give it a try and were more than happy to play around with candy and pippets

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