"Wow this bag of phone chargers is heavy"

Originally Posted by little726

I'm new here and have looked through the forum for the answer to a question I have. I just can't find an answer. Here goes: I tore apart a phone charger and found 2 windings with wire on them. One is shiny cooper wire, the other is bright red wire.

Is the bright red wire copper?

I've seen so many shades of red its not even funny! Also shades of green and yellow. Most times the yellow will be aluminum but you get the occasional 'yellow' coated copper. Oh, welcome!