Riddle Time, I'm Stumped!

[aLOWdAkING]

Posted in OOT first, but I figured you guys would be smarter and could help me in these impossible questions.

1.
SINCE I AM SHORT MY COLOR IS BLACK,
BUT IN GREAT ABUNDANCE NO ONE WILL LACK
THE COLOR OF BROWN OR EVEN OF RED
AS I FALL FROM THE SKY AND LAND ON YOUR HEAD

2. add silver to gold the result is a jewel
whose number you use as a reference tool
within an arrangement of columns and bands
reversed im the place where a medivac lands
what am i

Enjoy!

P.S. Answers are brief.

[RJT]

Not sure if all the clues fit. But answer appears to be:

<font color="white">Ink pad. </font>

[ZeeJustin]

#1 sounds like Alliyah.

[purnell]

1. ultraviolet light

[RJT]

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1. ultraviolet light [/quote

In white below:

<font color="white"> I am thinking of iodine.

Ionic columns in architecture.
Helicopter “ pad’ - medivacs.
Now that you are thinking ultra violet light - iodine according to the dictionary “…grayish black crystals that volatize into a violet-colored vapor.“
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[purnell]

Ok, here's my reasoning:

<font color="white"> uv light is has a short wavelength, and invisible, thus its "color" is black. It "falls from the sky", and the more of it we are exposed to, the browner or redder our skin becomes. </font>

[RJT]

I thought they were both part of the same riddle - I was trying to add the two words together. They are 2 different riddles it seems. Right?

[purnell]

I inferred that they were two riddles from the statement "answers are brief". The second one didn't come to me right away, and I'm not motivated to give it much effort.

[RJT]

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I inferred that they were two riddles from the statement "answers are brief". The second one didn't come to me right away, and I'm not motivated to give it much effort.

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Right, when I re-read the post I realized that they are 2 different riddles. Thinking they were one was my initial error.