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The change of colour is due to chemical reaction. Almost all chemical reactions take place in solution. So dry litmus paper not shown any change in colour with hydrogen chloride gas. The colour changes only when the paper is dipped in water. In other word the paper is wet.

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Hydrogen chloride gas, when dry, is not an acid. Without water it can not donate protons to litmus, so this will not change color

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