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Vatican sparked confusion after experiencing major mishap during conclave before new pope announced ... This once happened during the 1958 conclave, when white smoke initially showed before black ...

Historically, the white smoke was created by burning the ballots together with dry straw. The black smoke was made from the ballots, wet straw, and with the addition of pitch to darken the color.

After some confusion in past conclaves, including in 1958, when smoke first appeared white and then became darker, the conclave began using chemicals to get the proper color.. In 2013, former ...

The smoke is created by burning the ballots, and originally just meant that no pope had been elected. It was only in the conclave of 1914, which elected Benedict XV, that different smoke colors ...

Confusion in the Vatican as WHITE smoke appears to billow. ... Shortly before, however, black smoke was seen, confirming that no cardinal has won a two-thirds majority of their colleagues so far.

It wasn’t clear whether grey smoke was closer to black or white, for example. By the 1970s, the straw method had been abandoned in favour of more controllable chemical mixtures .

This fluctuating fumata — combined with the subjective interpretation of its colour — caused considerable confusion, particularly during the 1939 and 1958 conclaves. It wasn’t clear whether grey smoke ...