What color is lightning?
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Blue :bulletblue:
Purple :bulletpurple:
White :bulletwhite:
Yellow :bulletyellow:
Rainboowwwwzzz! :iconrainbowlaplz:
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Okay, let me answer this scientifically for you (aka: nerd coming through)
Lightning is an example of "incandescence", which means that it's going so fast and is at such a high temperature (say, a few ten thousand Kelvin) that the gas particles ignite and emit photons. Thus, lightning itself is colorless; it's the gas that has the color, and is so hot that it is usually white. Any other color you see is because of the air around it; it may sometimes appear blue because it is far away (and we all know that the further away things get, they tend to look bluer).