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Zangetsu
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In a lot of fics, some authors portray fire attacks as a blue and white colour instead of the usual yellow,orange color. Is there any difference? :S
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Pinecone Tortoise
'Piney'
Zangetsu said:
Methinks that a blue and white flame indicates a greater heat than a red/orange fire. As I recall from bunsen burners in school.. the blue fire was hotter than the orange. Eh. Hope this helps.
Good luck and fun to you.
Piney.
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Yeah, Piney's got the right anwser. Blue/white tends to be much hotter than fire/orange. It's usually better to have the lower level ones and weaker attacks to be fire/orange rather than blue/white. The only moves that I can picture being so hot to the point where it's blue/white are Overheat and Blast Burn
Psychic
Really and truly
PDL's right, though copper only makes the flames green. It's one of the coolest things I've ever seen...take place in Science class.
Anyways, I do disagree with the idea of blue/white flames being more powerful/hot than normal red/orange/yellow ones.
I think the flames are blue/white when it's either an attack like Dragon Rage (unless that's green flames), or a non-Fire type is using a Fire attack. For example, I think it would be...more appropriate somehow if a Dragonite's Flamethrower attack was blue/white. Heck, if you wanted, a Houndoom could spit blue/white flames! It all depends on the angle you want to approach the idea by, I suppose.
~Psychic
Anyways, I do disagree with the idea of blue/white flames being more powerful/hot than normal red/orange/yellow ones.
I think the flames are blue/white when it's either an attack like Dragon Rage (unless that's green flames), or a non-Fire type is using a Fire attack. For example, I think it would be...more appropriate somehow if a Dragonite's Flamethrower attack was blue/white. Heck, if you wanted, a Houndoom could spit blue/white flames! It all depends on the angle you want to approach the idea by, I suppose.
~Psychic
BirthdayPirate
<- Starter of choice
In reality, blue/white means a hotter flame. In fics, I tend to like the idea of using them as a sort of pseudo-flame, when normal fire would be inappropriate.
Negrek
Lost but Seeking
Yes, I'd reserve exotically colored flames for those not really being fiery in nature--dragonbreath, for example, is usually portrayed as some sort of oddly-colored flame. Same with will-o-wisp.
I could see some very powerful attacks being white-hot, but generally I think sticking to standard reds and oranges is better and helps to differentiate whether you're talking about a natural fire attack or just something that mimics flames.
I could see some very powerful attacks being white-hot, but generally I think sticking to standard reds and oranges is better and helps to differentiate whether you're talking about a natural fire attack or just something that mimics flames.
katiekitten
The Compromise
(Has anyone noticed how shredded paper burning always has green flames around the edges? )
Anyways, I'm with everyone else. Dragon Breath and stuff are different colors to the standard. The weaker the pokemon, the weaker the flame, ectra ectra.
)Anyways, I'm with everyone else. Dragon Breath and stuff are different colors to the standard. The weaker the pokemon, the weaker the flame, ectra ectra.
Since we're all repeating each other anyway, I'll chime in with some science.
Blue/white flames are hotter than red/orange flames because they give off mostly that blue light--which is at a higher energy than red light. What kind of EMR something gives off indicates its temperature--for instance, you personally are giving off infrared radiation right now. The EMR given off doesn't become visible to our eyes until around 1000 K, I think, which is why you can heat up a steel bar and it will glow red. Blue-white stars are hotter than red giants for the same reasons as outlined above. xP
Ions will also color flame, if you burn salts containing them. Strontium ion gives a pretty red color, copper gives green (or kind of a turquoise-y color sometimes), and potassium gives a very pretty lilac color that is nevertheless extremely hard to detect in the lab when the lights are still on. Dx Sodium and mercury give very bright orange and white light, respectively, so they are used to make bulbs for street lights. Anyway, the reason why they make teh pretties colors is because the heat from the flame excites their electrons and makes them emit photons of light.
So... yeah. This impromptu, probably pointless chemistry/physics lesson brought to you by teh Kels. Tip your waitress. xP
Blue/white flames are hotter than red/orange flames because they give off mostly that blue light--which is at a higher energy than red light. What kind of EMR something gives off indicates its temperature--for instance, you personally are giving off infrared radiation right now. The EMR given off doesn't become visible to our eyes until around 1000 K, I think, which is why you can heat up a steel bar and it will glow red. Blue-white stars are hotter than red giants for the same reasons as outlined above. xP
Ions will also color flame, if you burn salts containing them. Strontium ion gives a pretty red color, copper gives green (or kind of a turquoise-y color sometimes), and potassium gives a very pretty lilac color that is nevertheless extremely hard to detect in the lab when the lights are still on. Dx Sodium and mercury give very bright orange and white light, respectively, so they are used to make bulbs for street lights. Anyway, the reason why they make teh pretties colors is because the heat from the flame excites their electrons and makes them emit photons of light.
So... yeah. This impromptu, probably pointless chemistry/physics lesson brought to you by teh Kels. Tip your waitress. xP