Solutions for KMnO4 are dark purple. When used as a titrant, the solution has a lasting pink shade as soon as the end point is hit and the KMnO4 is in excess (provided that the solution is initially colorless). KMnO4 thus serves as an indicator of its own.
Potassium Permanganate is a flexible and potent oxidant which can be used by overt or indirect titration to classify many compounds. A special value of Potassium Permanganate is that it acts as an indicator of its own. Permanganate titration must be carried out in a heavy acid solution.
