Does the different color of fire have to do with its temperature?

Question

Does the different color of fire have to do with its temperature?

Answer 1

As the others said yes it does. Although the second person refered to purple as the Hottest, a new study has shown that the hottest fire known to man is actully BLACK!

Answer 2

In part. The opaque, glowing part of the flame is usually illuminated by black-body radiation from soot particles, so redder = cooler. But a flame can also be colored by spectral emissions. This is the case with the clear blue portion of many flames.

Answer 3

yes.

Answer 4

The wavelength of light is related to temperature. Light with longer wavelenths (redder) have a lower temperature, and light with shorter wavelenths (bluer) have higher temperature. The shorter the wavelenth the more energy it has. If you look at a flame and see that the lowest part is blue that means it is the hottest part of that flame.

Answer 5

yes, darker = hotter

orange = coolest (relative of course)

red = hotter

purple = hottest!

Answer 6

to simply answer your question yes.

Blue indicates a very hot temperature while orange/yellow is less hot.