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The color we see when fire burns is the result of the ionization of materials that are being burned. These combusted products have atoms with electrons that were forced into higher orbitals, and when the electrons fall back to their original orbitals, they emit light of a specific wavelength. Depending on what is burning and under what conditions, any color can be represented. When the metal magnesium burns, it burns bright white because it is so hot (white hot!). If a fire is red, it is because that is the result of what was burning at the time and under those conditions.

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