Are the Colours of Mercuric Compounds Accurate?

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While reading my textbook I found that ##Hg(NH_2)Cl.Hg## was given of black colour , whereas ##Hg(NH_2)Cl## of white colour.So is this correct?

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I googled about ##Hg(NH_2)Cl## . It is ##white ## in colour . But I am not sure about ##Hg(NH_2)Cl.Hg##.
 
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Some mercury compounds are gray because of the presence of metallic mercury, perhaps that's this kind of situation.
 
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