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ELI5: Why can we not change the colour of steam?

Why is steam always white, even when the liquid isn’t? Maybe it is possible to change, but I couldn’t find anything. I tried Googling but every search result was about Steam gaming.
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The white you see is not steam but clouds of tiny droplets which have quickly condensed back to liquid water.  The colour comes not from the liquid itself but from the thousands of tiny surfaces of the droplets that scatter light around randomly.  Steam itself is largely transparent though it will often have a shimmering mirage-like appearance when we look through it due to temperature variations.