This is a question regarding the flames in a fire.?

Question

What I am trying to find out is this: When you look into the flames of a real fire and you can see the different colours - what do the colours mean. I seem to recall being told once that it was to do with the weather eg red - means a nice day and green - cold but everyone I have asked doesn't seem to know.

Answer 1

In a coal fire, when you see little red embers moving up or down the back of the fire towards the chimney, we used to call them soldiers and depending on whether they were moving up or down depended on the weather. Sorry but I cant remember any more about that! They used to say that you could ask a spirit questions by looking at the flame of a candle, Which way it flickered, yes or no, and I was once told you could see a spirit appear in the candles flame but Ive always been dubious about that one.

Answer 2

The weather has nothing to do with it. If, for example you burnt sodium sulfate (NaSo4) and then burnt sodium chloride (NaCl) you well get the same coloured flame (orange) because there is sodium in both of them.Then burn potassium sulfate/chloride you would have same colour flame (can't remember the colour) so it depends on what you're burning, not the weather

Answer 3

it's a load of tosh. IF you see any colours then they would be from a chemical reaction ever done those experiments at school with little mounts of chemicals then setting them alight and seeing the colours???

that's what happens in real fires it's probably a chemical that's in whatever is burning.

if you want to know the weather check out the news?

Answer 4

cold weather coming down the chimney, does effect the flame
i dont know weather the flames have meanings but when the coal burns red we used to read fortunes, someone would poke the fire and then the reader would tell them what the coals meant
my father predicted somebodys death once, it turned him off he never did it again, i can do it myself but its not real its all coincidence, like reading the tealeaves when someone had drunk their tea in the days before tea bags

Answer 5

on't know about the whole weather thing. The green flame inside a fire usually means a oxidising reaction.

Answer 6

Flames are regions of combining gases. Different elements have different flame colours. Temperature of the flame is also an influence.

Answer 7

I don't know about that, but the practice of looking into flames to try to tell things about the world or future is known as Pyromancy. This might help you out.

Answer 8

Are you thinking of "Red sky at morning, sailor take warning, red sky at night, sailor's delight" or something like that?

I've never heard it related to fire.....

Answer 9

It all has to do with the condition of what is being burned and that amount of O2 the fire is receiving thru-out the length of time that the fire continue to burn...................