Can you change the colour of a flame ? And how?

Question: Can you change the colour of a flame ? And how?
- Keywords:
  colour,
  fire,
  flame
Asked by reggie99 to Arlene, Colin, David, Eugene, Paul on 19 Nov 2012.
- Arlene O'Neill answered on 19 Nov 2012:
  
  Yes absolutely by adding different chemical compounds, usually various salts to the flame. This is cool http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAoQw7DIpTc
- David McKeown answered on 20 Nov 2012:
  
  Like Arlene says, this is how they make fireworks all those pretty colours!

rjlavin commented on 19 Nov 2012:

why?

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conormaynard7275 commented on 19 Nov 2012:

Hey yeah that is right I did that in secondary school!!! I changed orange to blue and blue to red and then blue to green all I needed to use to light it all was buns end burner and some matches! I 😉

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leejoradan commented on 20 Nov 2012:

hello people off earth

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Question: Can you change the colour of a flame ? And how?