What is the colour of the iodine?

Iodine is a chemical element with the symbol I and atomic number 53.

Iodine is a lustrous, purple-black solid at standard conditions that melt to form a deep violet liquid at 114 oC, and boils to a violet gas at 184 oC.

Iodine is used to determine the presence of Starch also called Starch Test: A positive result for the iodine test i.e. presence of Starch is indicated by a colour change ranging from violet to black.