A burn can be several colors depending on its severity and depth:

• First-degree burns are typically red or pink.
• Second-degree burns can be red, pink, or pale with blisters and wet or weepy skin.
• Third-degree burns often appear white, tan, pale pink, red, or even black and charred.
• Fourth-degree burns can be black or charred with deeper tissue damage.

So, burns can be red, pink, pale, white, tan, or black depending on the type and severity of the burn.