Are there any other colors to radioluminescence?

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You are probably aware of that certain radioactive things glow, usually a soft green. But is there any way to add compounds or what have you to achieve a different color, say, orange?

I know Cherenkov radiation in water is a soft blue, but that's a product of the reactor rather than the fuel itself.

I can't even find anything on google images that show radioluminescence in colors other than green. This is specifically for a nuclear fuel, and different formulae are marked as different colors. Perhaps I'll ask about the fuel itself separately.

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According to Wikipedia, Yes

Apparently Tritium is often used to illuminate things, alas it's got a half-life of only 12.32 years it is often deemed enough for common applications

Various preparations of the phosphor compound can be used to produce different colors of light. Some of the colors that have been manufactured in addition to the common phosphors are green, red, blue, yellow, purple, orange, and white.

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Certainly. I've even seen a product in different colors, powered by tritium.

At the very least, you can use common florescent pigments (available in many glo-colors) and mix with UV-producing radioluminescence material, if you can't get the color you want to work "directly".

But the above Wikipedia link states

Various preparations of the phosphor compound can be used to produce different colors of light. Some of the colors that have been manufactured in addition to the common phosphors are green, red, blue, yellow, purple, orange, and white.

And here they are for sale showing relative brightness of each color.

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