Not all colors of fireworks are equally easy to create. In the earliest days of the United States, John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail about the celebration of independence, “It ought to be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fireworks are a class of explosive pyrotechnic devices that commonly come in around seven colors. Shahril KHMD/Shutterstock.com In ...

If you're watching fireworks tonight, here's how you can tell you're looking at a top-shelf display and not some cut-rate carnival sideshow. Look for the blue fireworks. Are they true blue, not pale ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Fireworks have been around for millennia. They flood the sky with brilliant bursts of scarlet, emerald, and ivory. But never blue. Pyrotechnicians ...

Patriotism in July is, as a great man once said, synonymous with blowing up a small part of America. The go-to choice for the job are fireworks, and the red and white we have down pat. But the blue.

This week, people across the UK will gather to watch stunning firework displays in honour of Bonfire Night. If you’re going to watch a firework display, you may notice a distinct lack of any blue ...