Why not some random colour like purple or cyan?
In: Chemistry
The flame you see is basically just really hot smoke. Candle smoke is usually composed of wax. You can absolutely get a differently colored smoke if you add stuff like iron, sulphur or sodium. That’s how fireworks are made.
There’s also a blue flame, for example from a gas stove. That’s because gas doesn’t really produce ash particles. What you see is the energy being released from electrons
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