Substances X and Y can act as oxidizing agents. Substance X is blue and substance Y is red. They can form the ions X- and Y-, respectively - both of which are colorless. When a blue solution of X is mixed with a colorless solution containing Y- ions, the color changes from blue to red. What are the products of the reaction

the seeing the electronic configuration we can say that the element is fluorine.

fluorine is the most electronegative element in the periodic table.

but by only seeing the configuration we cannot say about its reactivity because we don't know if its configuration after excitation or by addition of electrons.

but if not then, it is the lightest halogen and exists as a highly toxic pale yellow diatomic gas at standard conditions. as the most electronegative element, it is extremely reactive: almost all other elements, including some noble gases, form compounds with fluorine.