Why do stars in telescope images either appear more warm toned/orange or cool toned/blue?

Question

In the recent telescope image released by NASA, some stars seem to be either more “warm toned” or “cool toned”. I’m just brainstorming but is it related to the distance from Earth? Or perhaps it’s dependent on the elemental makeup. Are they actually different colors or do we just perceive them that way? TIA

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Answer 1

It’s worth noting that in any of the JWST images, none of the images are actually that color. JWST takes in infrared light, and humans on the ground interpret that invisible light and make a visible light recreation of the image. Secondly, none of the dots you see in those images are individual stars. They are all galaxies, each with tens of billions of stars in them.