I like the idea of a connection of the color to a real object 
(Oxygen-->red flames; Nitrogen-->blue sky). Deuterium -->aqua?

a good argument for light blue? What else do we have in that department?

Alan Hewat wrote:

>Bob Hanson said:
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>>OK, it's a consensus then -- those are the colors!
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>Wow. That was a quick vote - I just got out of bed on Sunday over here :-)
>I prefer light blue for deuterium, but agree that I can define my own
>colours. I guess we neutron crystallographers see deuterium (or even
>hydrogen) more often than you X-ray folks, and somehow blue seems more
>appropriate. After all, most deuterium is on water, and water is blue :-)
>We have a big tank full of heavy water and believe me, it is a beautiful
>blue under cerenkov radiation :-)
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