1 First place in the Federal Duck Stamp Contest went to Adam Grimm of Burbank, S.D., for his oil painting of a pair of canvasbacks.photo by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. 2  Judges score the artwork at the Federal Duck Stamp Art Competition in Ohio.
Neon and all the other inert or noble gases have no color, smell or taste. They will, however, emit a characteristic color when ionized, as in a gas discharge tube. Neon emits â¦ a bright red to reddish-orange light. Use the link below to see the colors of each of the inert gases in gas discharge tubes. 18 people found this useful. 1  The Periodic Table of Elements Life is sustained by a number of chemical elements.
He patented his invention in 1915 and during his quest to find a use for it he discovered that by bending the tubes, he could make letters that glowed. The use of neon tubes for advertising signs began in 1923, when his company Claude Neon, introduced the gas filled tubular signs to the United States. He sold two to a Packard car dealership in Los Angeles. The first neon signs were dubbed 'liquid fire' and people would stop in the street to stare at them, even in daylight, they glow visibly.