Rather than soot, the smoke contains microscopic droplets and fine solids that are transparent or white. The result is a mixture of steam and white or light grey smoke that contrasts sharply with ...

It wasn’t clear whether grey smoke was closer to black or white, for example. By the 1970s, the straw method had been abandoned in favour of more controllable chemical mixtures. This has since ...

It wasn’t clear whether grey smoke was closer to black or white, for example. By the 1970s, the straw method had been abandoned in favour of more controllable chemical mixtures. This has since evolved ...

Rather than soot, the smoke contains microscopic droplets and fine solids that are transparent or white. The result is a mixture of steam and white or light gray smoke that contrasts sharply with ...

while black smoke from ballots mixed with wet straw, signifies another round of voting. When the Cardinals didn’t mix things right, gray smoke confounded those waiting outside. Smoke is high tech ...

However, these traditional methods often produced confusing grey smoke. To ensure clarity, the Vatican now uses chemical smoke mixtures. Black smoke is made by burning potassium perchlorate ...

It wasn’t clear whether grey smoke was closer to black or white, for example. By the 1970s, the straw method had been abandoned in favour of more controllable chemical mixtures. This has since evolved ...

If a vote takes place and a candidate does not gain the required two-thirds vote, the cardinals send up gray smoke from a chimney, signaling inconclusive results to the public. However ...