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A change of color to a blue-black or purple color suggests that starch is present. If there is no change in color, this suggests no starch is detectable. Note the change of the iodine to black on the potato (right) but not the apple (left). (10% Tincture of iodine.) Potato contains starch, but apple does not.
The iodine is having a chemical reaction with the starch in the potato. When the iodine finds the long, straight chains of sugars in the starch, they attach to each other and get twisted. The result looks more like a spiral than a straight chain, and it results in the purple or blue color youâre seeing.