Is a DVD laser orange/amber?

Someone tossed an old DVD player in the bins at the flats, so I decided to
investigate its salvage potential, the laser is a proper-job TO18 style
pressed into a block of aluminium - seems a bit extravegant since it was
only a player, not a recorder.

There's some websites out there demonstrating lighting matches & burning
holes through paper with a DVD laser, but I presume they're using a recorder
laser for that much power.

Before I start waving the soldering iron at it - can anyone suggest a
"ball-park figure" for laseing current?

Thanks.