Strontium salts are widely used in red flame pyrotechnic compositions, usually combined with perchlorate salts as oxidizer. The potential environmental impact of perchlorate could be avoided by using high-nitrogen compounds. Therefore, the following nitrogen-rich strontium salts were prepared and characterized: strontium tetrazolate pentahydrate (1), strontium 1-methyl-5-nitriminotetrazolate monohydrate (2), and strontium 1-(2-chloroethyl)-5-nitriminotetrazolate monohydrate (3). Their combustion behavior and both color intensity and purity were investigated in pyrotechnics. These results were compared with the US Army in-service signal formulation. Pyrotechnic compositions which are used for producing green flame colors contain barium salts, usually highly water-soluble and toxic barium nitrate, Ba(NO(3))(2). In this research project copper-based colorants with energetic anions or ligands were developed. The compounds diammine bis(tetrazolato)amine copper(II) (4), diaqua copper(II) di(1-methyl-5-aminotetrazole) nitrate (5), diaqua copper(II) tetra(1-methyl-5-aminotetrazole) nitrate (6), and tetrammine copper(II) dinitramide (7) were synthesized and characterized.