Particles

Particles are special graphical effects in Minecraft.

Behavior
Particles always seem to face the player and will usually disappear after a short period of time. Particles collide with solid blocks and are slowed by cobwebs, but are unaffected by other entities. They can be created using the command.

Types of particles
The types of particles and their names in the game's code are displayed below. Particle names in italic are shown when using the "Minimal" particles setting.

Note that the calculation method for blocks with metadatas when using in the params tag of the command, is (id+(data*4096))

Trivia

 * Most particle colors can be changed using resource packs, however the color of smoke particles used in redstone, portals, and endermen can not be changed without mods.
 * Status effect particles will appear where your face is pointing.
 * Bubble and suspended particles seem to only appear when they are in water.
 * The "mobappearance" particle will always follow the player regardless of what its location has been set to.
 * The torches on redstone repeaters spawn particles, but the torches on redstone comparators do not.
 * In Pocket Edition:
 * Eating particles appear as miniature versions of the food being eaten.
 * Burning entities emit rounded particles with Fire's animation.

Gallery
Partikel Partículas Particules パーティクル 입자 Deeltjes Cząsteczki Частицы 颗粒