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.
How neon lamps work. 1  A neon lamp is a sealed glass tube filled with neon gas, which is one of the so-called noble (inert or unreactive) gases on the far right of the Periodic Table. 2  There are electrical terminals at either end of a neon tube. 3  When the tube is switched off, it contains ordinary atoms of neon gas (brown circles).