What happens when bleach and nailpolish remover are mixed together?

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Mixing clear bleach with green nail polish remover initially produces an orange solution that eventually turns pale yellow after stirring. This reaction involves bleach (sodium hypochlorite) and acetone, the primary ingredient in nail polish remover, along with other components. The formation of tiny beads or drops resembling oil raises concerns about the potential creation of chloroform, a hazardous substance. It's emphasized that mixing bleach with any other chemicals can be extremely dangerous, and such combinations should be avoided to prevent harmful reactions.
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Mixing bleach and nailpolish remover goes from orange to pale hello, why? And does this make chloroform or do I need clean acetone?
Mixing bleach(clear) and nailpolish remover(green) makes orange product at first but after a few minutes of stirring turns to a pale hello color. What is happening in this reaction (is it the bleach and acetone or also father ingredients in nailpolish remover) and did I just make chloroform..?

Edit: there are tiny beads/drops of what looks like oil is that the chloroform?
 
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Don't mix bleach with anything. Some mixtures are extremely dangerous.
 
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