Different coloured flame produced when water and an alkali metal react?

When an alkali metal reacts with water, hydrogen is produced. This hydrogen burns with a flame with the heat produced. Why, then, are the flames differently coloured with different alkali metals?
E.G, when sodium reacts with water, a bright orange/yellow flame is produced, where as when pottassium reatcs with water, a purple flame is produced.

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