The best flame for heating thing is blue. Complete combustion usually has a dim or light blue color because of single wavelength radiation.
Blue flame is a clean flame.
the blue flame
The yellow flame because that is the safety flame
a blue flame
It's hotter than the yellow flame.
because it isnt hot enough and will leave soot on the bottom of the thing you are heating
Blue flame is a clean flame.
the blue flame
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The yellow flame because that is the safety flame
a blue flame
luminous
The flame should be very pale blue (almost invisible) for heating strongly. This is achieved by opening the air hole fully.
When the air hole is closed, the flame is a luminous flame. This flame is not ideal for heating for the following reasons: it is not as hot as the non-luminous flame it is very unstable it produces a lot of soot thus, only non-luminous flames (the blue one) is ideal for heating. :)
It's hotter than the yellow flame.
you would use the safety flame when not heating anything because the blue flame is for heating because its hotter than yellow.
Heating it on a flame will cause possibly dangerous vapour. Hot water avoids this.