Different Colours of Smoke

[djgilx]

Greetings brethren!
Has there been a discussion on this topic before?
I looked but could not find one.
Most of my experience has been with white or grey smoke, but this morning I lit up some Gawith & Hoggarth American Delight - and the smoke as I was lighting it was a little yellowy brown.
Later at a relight the smoke was blue, then yellow, then white …

 

[JOHN72]

I usually see brown and white, yes, but never blue. For the time being and as far as I can remember.

 

[daveinlax]

I’ve seen clouds of blue smoke before. I always assumed it was a Virginia but never asked.

 

[STP]

White, gray… maybe brown’ish, but I don’t believe that I’ve seen blue. Blue smoke from a car’s exhaust means it’s burning oil… just say’n ?

 

[RobNYC]

I saw a cloud of green smoke once. Got some wishes out of the deal.

 

[JOHN72]

I saw a cloud of green smoke once. Got some wishes out of the deal.

The green smoke indicates an electrical failure or an indication that your pipe is possessed by an evil being. You have to burn the pipe with industrial solvent.

 

[RobNYC]

The green light indicates an electrical failure or an indication that your pipe is possessed by an evil being. You have to burn the pipe with industrial solvent.

It was actually inhabited by a genie named Jeannie. I am trying very hard to have that variety of smoke appear again. Could definitely use some more wishes right about now.

 

[Grangerous]

 

[kcghost]

Tell me that woman isn't gorgeous!! I'm just happy to get my pipe lit.

 

[Sweet Home Alabama]

She's 90.

 

[JOHN72]

View attachment 126493

Wow, at last a real proof of blue smoke...................

 

[Morrison Jeremiah]

Usually blue with intermingled wisps of yellow brown.
Occasionally white.

 

[monty55]

All I know is blue smoke from my pit smoker is GOOD, white is BAD
Now, I have no earthly idea if tobacco and wood smoke can or should be compared. But if my wood is wet, or too much is stuffed in the firebox... it burns white or grey, and that can screw up the meat terribly. Dry wood in small quantities burns wispy blue smoke and that is what you're looking for. Perhaps tobacco, if on the wet side burns white or grey, and on the dry side burns blue. Now the yellow and brown I'd be willing to wager is coming from toppings or casing ... but this is all just a shot in the dark. It's just an educated guess based on the way wood burns lol.

 

[JOHN72]

I remember a neighbor in my neighborhood, a few years older than me. He told me he was in the navy, they needed electricians for a warship. He volunteered and said he was a specialist in colored electric smoke. On his first job, he nearly sank the entire crew. He was a specialist in sinking the fleet, not just the enemy fleet.

 

[sablebrush52]

You're seeing blue? Lay off the Viagra.

 

[Morrison Jeremiah]

Lay off the Viagra.

It stops me rolling off the bed !

 

[djgilx]

You're seeing blue? Lay off the Viagra.

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[jvnshr]

This is a great question, and @monty55 got it right. Same logic with the blue sky and white clouds. What we see is actually light or a reflection of light (if there is no light, we don't see anything). Light consists of a spectrum of colors as a rainbow. When it goes through an object, some waves are scattered. If there are water droplets inside the smoke, the smoke will appear as white, if too much water then grey (such as grey clouds).

Take a cigar for example, the burning end will smoke blue, the smoke you puff will appear white (you introduced water molecules to the smoke in your mouth).

Now yellow means there is something in that smoke that scatters yellow side of the ROYGBIV (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet). And whatever it is, it has bigger particles than water.

 

[djgilx]

This is a great question, and @monty55 got it right. Same logic with the blue sky and white clouds. What we see is actually light or a reflection of light (if there is no light, we don't see anything). Light consists of a spectrum of colors as a rainbow. When it goes through an object, some waves are scattered. If there are water droplets inside the smoke, the smoke will appear as white, if too much water then grey (such as grey clouds).

Take a cigar for example, the burning end will smoke blue, the smoke you puff will appear white (you introduced water molecules to the smoke in your mouth).

Now yellow means there is something in that smoke that scatters yellow side of the ROYGBIV (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet). And whatever it is, it has bigger particles than water.

Thank you!

 

[Peter Turbo]

blue smoke is all i see