Color and temperature of a flame are dependent on the type of fuel involved in the combustion, for example, when a lighter is held to a candle. The applied heat causes the fuel molecules in the candle wax to vaporize (if … See more

Flame color depends on several factors, the most important typically being black-body radiation and spectral band emission, with both spectral line emission and spectral line absorption playing smaller roles. In the most comm… See more

When looking at a flame's temperature there are many factors which can change or apply. An important one is that a flame's color does not necessarily determine a temperature comparison because black-body radiati… See more