Just got some MDMA and its a yellowish colour

[UnanimousCash]

So I just got some MDMA from a friend who says it's clean and not cut with speed or anything. The M is in powder form and is a kind of yellowish/whitish colour. I'm new to this so I don't know if this is normal or not, just making sure. If anyone knows if this is normal, or what it could be laced with please tell. My friend also said that there's a chance that it could be hallucinogenic MDMA because he said he was hallucinating a little bit, more than normal MDMA. If anyone knows anything about this please do tell, any information is appreciated, thanks in advance.

 

[Kl519]

Tbh, this is the perfect chance for you to test it with a test kit. Clean mdma should be mdma, it shouldn't be "more than normal mdma." There are so many analogues of mdma. In a blind test it can be impossible to tell unless you abused the crap out of it and know how it affects you backwards and forwards. There are the many APBs, mda, rarer ones like mdea, mmda, etc. Though I doubt you have the latter two, the point is that there are many different ones!

Another thing is that it just isn't safe to sit here and try to guess what you have, probably even with a fully comprised list of details with HD pictures. Or even if you were in the same room as someone. =/ the number one thing is possibly getting it wrong, and then leading you to take something which could actually be dangerous for you! Like mdpv, 3/4mmc mec, for example. Not sure I got that right, but whatever. Anyway, that's definitely a no no. We want you to be safe.

As for the color, be wary of the lighting. That could make the powder look like a slightly different color, but overall the color should matter little. The best way is to purchase a test kit and test away! It's pretty easy with mdma or powder and fun to do (unlike extracting from inked up blotter, which is tough) but make sure you put on some lab gloves and do it on a desk with plenty of space.

Otherwise, if you're really impatient, take an allergy dose aka 1mg. Then try out a small amount and work your way up. Then again, this takes patience to do this safely too...

Hope this helps!

 

[UnanimousCash]

Tbh, this is the perfect chance for you to test it with a test kit. Clean mdma should be mdma, it shouldn't be "more than normal mdma." There are so many analogues of mdma. In a blind test it can be impossible to tell unless you abused the crap out of it and know how it affects you backwards and forwards. There are the many APBs, mda, rarer ones like mdea, mmda, etc. Though I doubt you have the latter two, the point is that there are many different ones!

Another thing is that it just isn't safe to sit here and try to guess what you have, probably even with a fully comprised list of details with HD pictures. Or even if you were in the same room as someone. =/ the number one thing is possibly getting it wrong, and then leading you to take something which could actually be dangerous for you! Like mdpv, 3/4mmc mec, for example. Not sure I got that right, but whatever. Anyway, that's definitely a no no. We want you to be safe.

As for the color, be wary of the lighting. That could make the powder look like a slightly different color, but overall the color should matter little. The best way is to purchase a test kit and test away! It's pretty easy with mdma or powder and fun to do (unlike extracting from inked up blotter, which is tough) but make sure you put on some lab gloves and do it on a desk with plenty of space.

Otherwise, if you're really impatient, take an allergy dose aka 1mg. Then try out a small amount and work your way up. Then again, this takes patience to do this safely too...

Hope this helps!

Wow thanks a lot, I really appreciate it. Right now getting a testing kit is out of the picture, I can't do it. I was just seeing if the yellowish colour was abnormal or 100% laced with something. I also know for a fact that it was yellow because I was in a darker room with not much light and could still see the yellow. Anyway, thanks again and if you have any other info please tell. ?

 

[Black]

So I just got some MDMA from a friend who says it's clean and not cut with speed or anything. The M is in powder form and is a kind of yellowish/whitish colour. I'm new to this so I don't know if this is normal or not, just making sure. If anyone knows if this is normal, or what it could be laced with please tell. My friend also said that there's a chance that it could be hallucinogenic MDMA because he said he was hallucinating a little bit, more than normal MDMA. If anyone knows anything about this please do tell, any information is appreciated, thanks in advance.

colour tells you absolutely nothing about the contents. pure mdma is translucent to white crystals, but even low amounts of coloured impurities can change the colour dramatically. you could have good mdma that's white, tan, yellow, brownish-black or a bright green. sometimes a sloppy workup can leave coloured impurities and sometimes it's coloured deliberately for marketing purposes.

a test kit is really the only way to get some information about the contents and i don't understand why that's out of the question. test kits aren't expensive at all (if you have money for mdma you have money for a test kit) and ordering one on the internet can be done in a matter of minutes.

btw: darker rooms can make off-white colours look much more yellow than they really are

 

[Deleted member 337748]

all perfect responses. i agree with all the above statements.

 

[epic11]

Buy a test kit. Ive seen tan/yellow/white/black mdma before. Youll never know. Most stuff is not even mdma.

 

[Dustmover]

afaik yellow/brown MDMA is produced when, during synthesis, the acetone wash is performed at room temperature as opposed to ice cold. This results in a product with a higher MDMA content but more impurities as opposed to white MDMA which is purer but contains less actual MDMA. If you're unsure and can't/aren't going to test it then you could do a test dab first before bombing it off or however you plan to drop it to check. Just lick your finger, dip it in the MDMA and rub a bit on your gums, then wait for the faint come-up to see whether or not it feels right. MDMA itself is a psychoactive and it isn't abnormal to have mild hallucinations on it sometimes, often it varies from person to person. If your friend has already used some from the same batch I suppose that in itself is a decent indicator that it probably is MDMA, as if it wasn't (I assume?) he'd have been able to feel it.

 

[Black]

Just lick your finger, dip it in the MDMA and rub a bit on your gums, then wait for the faint come-up to see whether or not it feels right.

you cannot judge it that way. a small dose of mdma could feel very similar to a small dose of methylone, 6-apb, mephedrone, piperazines, ..., or even placebo. pma is also psychoactive on it's own and has slight similarities in effect to mdma and even with it's usually delayed onset, a threshold dose might feel the same.

afaik yellow/brown MDMA is produced when, during synthesis, the acetone wash is performed at room temperature as opposed to ice cold. This results in a product with a higher MDMA content but more impurities as opposed to white MDMA which is purer but contains less actual MDMA

i'd expect there to be less mdma and a whiter colour when warmer acetone is used. temperature generally increases the solubility of compounds.

also, there are many routes to mdma and an acetone wash is not necessarily involved. the routes in pihkal certainly don't have it and if you know what you're doing, you can devise your own cleanup procedure and don't need to follow any recipe on the internet.

 

[Dresden]

Tbh, this is the perfect chance for you to test it with a test kit. Clean mdma should be mdma, it shouldn't be "more than normal mdma." There are so many analogues of mdma. In a blind test it can be impossible to tell unless you abused the crap out of it and know how it affects you backwards and forwards. There are the many APBs, mda, rarer ones like mdea, mmda, etc. Though I doubt you have the latter two, the point is that there are many different ones!

Another thing is that it just isn't safe to sit here and try to guess what you have, probably even with a fully comprised list of details with HD pictures. Or even if you were in the same room as someone. =/ the number one thing is possibly getting it wrong, and then leading you to take something which could actually be dangerous for you! Like mdpv, 3/4mmc mec, for example. Not sure I got that right, but whatever. Anyway, that's definitely a no no. We want you to be safe.

As for the color, be wary of the lighting. That could make the powder look like a slightly different color, but overall the color should matter little. The best way is to purchase a test kit and test away! It's pretty easy with mdma or powder and fun to do (unlike extracting from inked up blotter, which is tough) but make sure you put on some lab gloves and do it on a desk with plenty of space.

Otherwise, if you're really impatient, take an allergy dose aka 1mg. Then try out a small amount and work your way up. Then again, this takes patience to do this safely too...

Hope this helps!

Yes, this would be a great chance to use a test kit, but they are not very common and can take a week or more to order and receive. Also, I have done MDMA, MDA, MDE, and methylone think I could tell any of them apart if I took them. Of course, the OP said s/he was an inexperience user so that might not be feasible either. I can smell and taste Mdxx (but not including MDPV other than it's bitter), too. Suits up with flame retardant suit...

 

[pr0d1gy]

afaik yellow/brown MDMA is produced when, during synthesis, the acetone wash is performed at room temperature as opposed to ice cold. This results in a product with a higher MDMA content but more impurities as opposed to white MDMA which is purer but contains less actual MDMA. If you're unsure and can't/aren't going to test it then you could do a test dab first before bombing it off or however you plan to drop it to check. Just lick your finger, dip it in the MDMA and rub a bit on your gums, then wait for the faint come-up to see whether or not it feels right. MDMA itself is a psychoactive and it isn't abnormal to have mild hallucinations on it sometimes, often it varies from person to person. If your friend has already used some from the same batch I suppose that in itself is a decent indicator that it probably is MDMA, as if it wasn't (I assume?) he'd have been able to feel it.

Sorry but this isn't true. Solvent temperature isn't going to cause discoloration as you are suggesting. One can recrystallize MDMA in boiling acetone and it won't effect the color whatsoever, assuming the recrystallized product is pure.

There are so many things that can cause discoloration it's pointless to speculate. Generally though, the primary reason is that most illicit chemists are dipshits.

 

[Gkeel]

Sounds interesting I have yet to try mdma, doesn't seem to be going around my town. I plan on trying it if I find some though!

 

[Kl519]

Yes, this would be a great chance to use a test kit, but they are not very common and can take a week or more to order and receive. Also, I have done MDMA, MDA, MDE, and methylone think I could tell any of them apart if I took them. Of course, the OP said s/he was an inexperience user so that might not be feasible either. I can smell and taste Mdxx (but not including MDPV other than it's bitter), too. Suits up with flame retardant suit...

Haha, no worries. I don't flame the innocent. I'd smack myself if I did. I'm here to help the innocent, actually.

I think I could tell the difference just by trials too, specifically I'd be able to say "hmm, this isn't mdma." But yeah, this takes plenty of experience getting to know it.

 

[Black]

Haha, no worries. I don't flame the innocent. I'd smack myself if I did. I'm here to help the innocent, actually.

I think I could tell the difference just by trials too, specifically I'd be able to say "hmm, this isn't mdma." But yeah, this takes plenty of experience getting to know it.

i think there are a few of us who think we can differentiate by taste and smell (telling mdma from methylone from mdpv should in theory be easy for a trained person, liquorice vs. vanilla vs camembert ), but in the end taste can easily be fooled (and properly cleaned compounds often don't give off any distinct smell - mdma seldomly does), so i'd still rather trust a test kit. proof is better than indication and purple vs. yellow is much easier to distinguish

 

[Kl519]

i think there are a few of us who think we can differentiate by taste and smell (telling mdma from methylone from mdpv should in theory be easy for a trained person, liquorice vs. vanilla vs camembert ), but in the end taste can easily be fooled (and properly cleaned compounds often don't give off any distinct smell - mdma seldomly does), so i'd still rather trust a test kit. proof is better than indication and purple vs. yellow is much easier to distinguish

Haha, nice info. And yeah, I wouldn't bet against it, that's for sure.

It's cool when you see the purple, because it makes testing more than worth it. Then you know fun is on the way!

 

[UnanimousCash]

Thanks for the feedback guys. Just feel free to share any other info you can.

 

[BlueBull]

I've been extremely busy this past week so haven't had the chance to read every new thread. Sorry but this is clearly substance ID, which isn't allowed here. Please reread the forum rules, it's explained there why exactly we don't allow these kinds of threads

The only correct answer to your question if a yellowish colour is normal is "we have no possible way to know". I've encountered both sides of the spectrum, MDMA that had an absolutely awful black colour and caramel-like consistency but tested (gc/ms) ok and was one of the cleanest, most euphoric rolls I ever had and I've had 'MDMA' that looked, tasted and smelled amazing, but turned out to be fake after testing. That was with years of experience, so even the somewhat trained eye can be fooled.

I'm going to close this thread as speculating about this is pointless, there is no way to have any certainty just by a description of the physical properties. There are no other options than either a testkit or lab analysis. Anything else and you run the risk of taking a random RC, cathinone or other chemical sold as MDMA. If you have any questions about this feel free to send me a message