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Elise K asked in Home & GardenCleaning & Laundry · 1 decade ago

What reaction will turn bleach pink?

I was cleaning my kitchen counter (which is white) with bleach. When I touched the paper towel (also white - unbleached, recycled paper) to it, the paper turned pink. Why?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    do you have well water? old pipes?

    well water will make perm solution turn pink/purple color on a towel.

    it seriously freaked me out the first time i saw it.

  • 1 decade ago

    It could be traces of ink in the recycled paper. I wonder how newspaper ink reacts to bleach.

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