The blue colour of flame is due to burning of carbon monoxide.

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Solution

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The blue colour of a flame is due to the burning of carbon monoxide, which is produced by the incomplete combustion of carbon.
$C + O_{2} \to 2 C O$
$2 C O + O_{2} \to 2 C O_{2}$

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