Chemical Color Box Violet according to Vitali-Morin, green-yellow fluorescent according to Bornträger, deep red according to Zincke-König: Detection reactions bring color into the picture. Although instrumental analytics is gaining importance, wet chemistry remains simpler, faster, and more cost-effective. This 5th edition optimizes formula images and diagrams according to didactic criteria, presents relevant named reactions clearly, and updates over 300 drug monographs to align with current pharmacopoeias. The reactivity of functional groups not only allows for detections but also provides pharmacy students and pharmacists with answers to interdisciplinary questions.