blue flames

Hot gas burns

Blue flames indicate hotter, more complete combustion than yellow or orange flames, typically burning at higher temperatures with more oxygen.

A gas stove's blue flame shows efficient burning.

Figuratively, blue flames can suggest intense passion or supernatural fire—the eerie glow of ghostly apparitions in folklore: The spirit appeared wreathed in blue flames.

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intense · gas stove · natural gas · hottest · propane · stove · burner · pilot light · cobalt · ethereal · ghostly · sapphire · heat · combustion · cerulean · flicker · glow · supernatural

Opposites
flame color/temperature

blue flamesred-hot

Heated to glowing

candle flames · candlelight · firelight · ember glow

combustion efficiency

blue flamesincomplete combustion

Burning with insufficient oxygen

smoldering · black smoke · campfire

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G