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I wanted to represent the 118 elements as cartoon people; and I wanted physical appearance to contain clues about the elements themselves. I realsied that I could make a list of 118 objects which sound at least slightly like the name of each element; and then I could add arms and legs and eyes and a mouth: I could anthropomorphise objects into cartoon characters.

The colour fill of these objects could be the colour of the element at room temperature - with exceptions. If an element occurs as two or more manifestations which are of different colours then I sometimes use both colours in the colour fill of the cartoon character; but mainly I use just one colour. Purple is used to indicate that an element is colourless at standard temperature and pressure. A colour fill of a body of purple and containing blue dots means that it is 'unknown' what colour the lement should be at standard temperature and pressure.

I made a colour system for colour filling the arms and legs of the character: colour fill would indicate the state (solid / liquid / gas) of the element; and limb colour would indicate an effect on the Group of the element; let me explain...

There are more than 10 Groups (vertical columns) in the periodic table but I only have 10 eye designs to use for the cartoon characters. Normnally, the eyes represent digits 0 through to 9. So, if an element is in Group 3 then you would expect eye design 3 to be used. However, if the Group of an element is higher than 9 then I need a PLUS 10 effect so that an eye design from 0 to 9 can be used but I can infer that I need to be adding 10 to it. Limb colour is my clue that I need to be adding 10:

Limb Colours
Note: Eyes represent Groups 1 to 9 (and Group 10 is 0 +10) Note: Mouths represent periods 1 to 7
Solid Colour here means Add 10 to Eyes Value
Black Blue
Group < 10 Group >=10




Liquid
N/A Yellow
Group < 10 Group >=10




Gas
Green Magenta
Group < 10 Group >=10

Here are some small pictures of cartoon characters (elements). There are 7 types of mouth that I was able to use: the mouth indicates which period (row) of ythe periodic table to find the element in:

Here are the mouths and eyes:

This is the list of elements which links to each cartoon character of each element:

# Element Name Group Period Color State AKA Limb Colour
1 Hydrogen 1 1 Colorless Gas Hydrant Green
2 Helium 18 1 Colorless Gas Motorcycle helmet Magenta
3 Lithium 1 2 Silvery-white Solid Lipstick Black
4 Beryllium 2 2 Slate gray Solid Bell Black
5 Boron 13 2 Black/Brown Solid Rowing boat Blue
6 Carbon 14 2 Black Solid Carrot Blue
7 Nitrogen 15 2 Colorless Gas Knife Magenta
8 Oxygen 16 2 Colorless Gas Oxygen tank Magenta
9 Fluorine 17 2 Pale yellow Gas Flute Magenta
10 Neon 18 2 Colorless Gas Knee-pad Magenta
11 Sodium 1 3 Silvery-white Solid Sewing machine Black
12 Magnesium 2 3 Shiny gray Solid Magnet Black
13 Aluminum 13 3 Silver Solid Album Blue
14 Silicon 14 3 Dark gray Solid Silicon chip Blue
15 Phosphorus 15 3 White/Red Solid Phone Blue
16 Sulfur 16 3 Lemon yellow Solid Sun Blue
17 Chlorine 17 3 Pale green Gas Clock Magenta
18 Argon 18 3 Colorless Gas Armchair Magenta
19 Potassium 1 4 Silvery-white Solid Potato Black
20 Calcium 2 4 Dull gray Solid Calculator Black
21 Scandium 3 4 Silvery-white Solid Scanner Black
22 Titanium 4 4 Silvery-metallic Solid Tie Black
23 Vanadium 5 4 Blue-silver grey Solid Van Black
24 Chromium 6 4 Silvery-blue Solid Christmas Tree Black
25 Manganese 7 4 Silvery-gray Solid Mango Black
26 Iron 8 4 Lustrous gray Solid Iron Black
27 Cobalt 9 4 Blue-gray Solid sweetcorn Black
28 Nickel 10 4 Silvery-gold Solid Nickel coin Blue
29 Copper 11 4 Red-orange Solid Cop Blue
30 Zinc 12 4 Silver-gray Solid Sink Blue
31 Gallium 13 4 Silver-blue Solid Gallon Jug Blue
32 Germanium 14 4 Gray-white Solid Jersey clothing Blue
33 Arsenic 15 4 Metallic gray Solid Arrow Blue
34 Selenium 16 4 Black/Red Solid Solar cell Blue
35 Bromine 17 4 Red-brown Liquid Broom Yellow
36 Krypton 18 4 Colorless Gas Eye drops Magenta
37 Rubidium 1 5 Grey-white Solid Ruby Black
38 Strontium 2 5 Silvery-yellow Solid Barbell Black
39 Yttrium 3 5 Silvery-metallic Solid Yacht Black
40 Zirconium 4 5 Silver-white Solid A knight Black
41 Niobium 5 5 Gray metallic Solid Ink pen Black
42 Molybdenum 6 5 Gray metallic Solid Molten lava Black
43 Technetium 7 5 Silver-gray Solid Tick mark Black
44 Ruthenium 8 5 Silvery-white Solid Roof of a house Black
45 Rhodium 9 5 Silvery-white Solid Road-sign Black
46 Palladium 10 5 Silvery-white Solid Palace Blue
47 Silver 11 5 Silver-white Solid Silver spoon Blue
48 Cadmium 12 5 Silvery-blue Solid tea caddy Blue
49 Indium 13 5 Silvery-white Solid Indian tea leaf Blue
50 Tin 14 5 Silvery-white Solid tin can Blue
51 Antimony 15 5 Silvery-gray Solid Hand Blue
52 Tellurium 16 5 Silvery-white Solid Television Blue
53 Iodine 17 5 Black Solid Idea light bulb Blue
54 Xenon 18 5 Colorless Gas Xylophone Magenta
55 Cesium 1 6 Pale gold Solid Sea-shell Black
56 Barium 2 6 Silvery-gray Solid Barrel Black
57 Lanthanum 3 6 Silvery-white Solid Lantern Black
58 Cerium 3 6 Gray Solid Cereal crop Black
59 Praseodymium 3 6 Silvery-white Solid Parachute Black
60 Neodymium 3 6 Silvery-white Solid Noodles Black
61 Promethium 3 6 Metallic Solid Propeller Black
62 Samarium 3 6 Silvery-white Solid Summer straw hat Black
63 Europium 3 6 Silvery-white Solid Rope Black
64 Gadolinium 3 6 Silvery-white Solid Garden watering can Black
65 Terbium 3 6 Silvery-white Solid Turban Black
66 Dysprosium 3 6 Silvery-white Solid Dish Black
67 Holmium 3 6 Silvery-white Solid Deerstalker hat Black
68 Erbium 3 6 Silvery-white Solid Herbal teabag Black
69 Thulium 3 6 Silvery-gray Solid Full fat milk carton Black
70 Ytterbium 3 6 Silvery-white Solid Buttered bun Black
71 Lutetium 3 6 Silvery-white Solid Lute Black
72 Hafnium 4 6 Steel gray Solid Half moon Black
73 Tantalum 5 6 Gray-blue Solid tank vehicle Black
74 Tungsten 6 6 Gray-white Solid Tongue Black
75 Rhenium 7 6 Silvery-gray Solid Rain Umbrella Black
76 Osmium 8 6 Blue-gray Solid Ostrich Egg Black
77 Iridium 9 6 Silvery-white Solid Iris (Flower) Black
78 Platinum 10 6 Silvery-white Solid Tray platter Blue
79 Gold 11 6 Gold Solid Golf Club Blue
80 Mercury 12 6 Silvery Liquid Mercury thermometer Yellow
81 Thallium 13 6 Silvery-gray Solid Flambe frying pan Blue
82 Lead 14 6 Bluish-white Solid Lead balloon Blue
83 Bismuth 15 6 Silver-pinkish Solid Biscuit Blue
84 Polonium 16 6 Silvery Solid aeroplane Blue
85 Astatine 17 6 Dark/Unknown Solid Asterisk Blue
86 Radon 18 6 Colorless Gas Radar Magenta
87 Francium 1 7 Metallic (Colour guessed) Solid Frankfurter sausage Black
88 Radium 2 7 Silvery-white Solid Radio Black
89 Actinium 3 7 Silvery-white Solid Axe Black
90 Thorium 3 7 Silvery-white Solid Application form Black
91 Protactinium 3 7 Silvery-white Solid Protractor Black
92 Uranium 3 7 Silvery-white Solid Urn Black
93 Neptunium 3 7 Silvery-white Solid Nap hammock Black
94 Plutonium 3 7 Silvery-white Solid Plum Black
95 Americium 3 7 Silvery-white Solid Hammer Black
96 Curium 3 7 Silvery-white Solid Curry powder shaker Black
97 Berkelium 3 7 Silvery-white Solid Berry Black
98 Californium 3 7 Silvery-white Solid Cauliflower Black
99 Einsteinium 3 7 Silvery-white Solid Icecream Black
100 Fermium 3 7 Unknown Solid Fur-coat Black
101 Mendelevium 3 7 Unknown Solid Delivery package Black
102 Nobelium 3 7 Unknown Solid Door knob on a door Black
103 Lawrencium 3 7 Unknown Solid Lawn-mower Black
104 Rutherfordium 4 7 Unknown Solid Rubber stamp Black
105 Dubnium 5 7 Unknown Solid Cassette tape Black
106 Seaborgium 6 7 Unknown Solid Sea bird Black
107 Bohrium 7 7 Unknown Solid Brain Black
108 Hassium 8 7 Unknown Solid Hosepipe Black
109 Meitnerium 9 7 Unknown Solid Meatloaf Black
110 Darmstadtium 10 7 Unknown Solid Dart Blue
111 Roentgenium 11 7 Unknown Solid Wrench Blue
112 Copernicium 12 7 Unknown Solid Copper-pot Blue
113 Nihonium 13 7 Unknown Solid Nine-pin bowling skittle Blue
114 Flerovium 14 7 Unknown Solid Flower in vase Blue
115 Moscovium 15 7 Unknown Solid Mousetrap Blue
116 Livermorium 16 7 Unknown Solid Liver food Blue
117 Tennessine 17 7 Unknown Solid Tennis ball Blue
118 Oganesson 18 7 Unknown Solid Organ musical instrument Blue

You could use a peg system that runs from places 1 to 118 in order to store each element at a location that signifies its ordinal position in the periodic table.