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These compounds are iron oxides.

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What causes planets to look a certain color?

Mars color is from rust. I don't know about the rest...


What element gives Mars the reddish orange color?

The red color comes from various oxides of iron (hematite mostly) in very, very fine particles, and trace amounts of other elements including titanium, chlorine and sulfurscientists think mars once had water, and mars's surface has a lot of iron in it, so they react together and make rust, which is redish brown in color.:)


What color is mars is it a butter cotch color?

No, mars is not a butterscotch color mars is a reddish pinkish color.


What is the planet mars color?

Mars is the color of Red!!!


Why is mars is the red planet?

It's chemical IRON. [Iron Oxides]


What is Mars lava color?

Lava om Mars is the same color as on Earth.


What color would the sky be when viewed from mars?

The sky is a pinkish-red when viewed from mars because the atmosphere causes a tint.The sky would be pink when viewed from Mars.


Where did the name Mars come from?

the name mars came from its color red. sometimes the word mars can be used as the color red in a different language.


What element gives mars the reddish color?

The iron in the soil on Mars gives the planet its red color.


What color would Mars be if Mars did not have clouds?

Mars is a redish beige color, slightly less red than it appears from outside of it's atmosphere.


Does sulfur give Mars its red color?

No. Iron oxide (rust) gives Mars it's red color.


What causes mars to have a reddish- orange color?

The red-orange appearance of the Martian surface is caused by iron oxide, more commonly known as hematite, or rust.