Why does dry HCl gas not change the colour of the dry litmus paper?

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Solution

Hydrogen ions change the colour of litmus.

In dry $H C l$ , there are no $H^{+}$ ions.

Ions are formed in aqueous solution. Both $H C l$ and litmus are dry.

Hence there is no change in dry $H C l$ and dry litmus paper.

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