answersLogoWhite

0

Is blood a purplish blue color?

Updated: 9/15/2023
User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago

Best Answer

Blood is red. Your veins viewed from above the skin may give the illusion of blue due to light refraction and other factors. The common misconception of "blue" blood is continued due to textbook illustrators use of blue and red to differentiate arteries and veins.

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Is blood a purplish blue color?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

Color of oxygenated blood?

Oxygenated blood color is Red so when you bleed it is red because it is oxygenated.In your body unoxygenated its purplish-blue.


It is a purplish blue color Is it a sign of pregnancy?

I need to be more clear. My vagina turned from a pink color to a purplish blue color. Why does this happen?


Deep purplish blue color?

indigo


What color will your skin turn without oxygen?

your blood is blue but as the blood reaches the surface of your skin it is red. hope this helps. Ayraayra: Your skin will turn a bluish-purplish color.


What is Liam's favorite color?

Liam's favorite color is maroon or a purplish


Would you tell me a purplish and blue color with you as the second letter with 6 letters in?

idigo


Is the blood flowing through the oxygen-poor vessels actually blue?

No ,it is purplish red .


What is the definition of Azure?

adjective 1. of or having a light, purplish shade of blue, like that of a clear and unclouded sky. 2. Heraldry. of the tincture or color blue. -noun 3. the blue of a clear or unclouded sky. 4. a light, purplish blue. 5. Heraldry. the tincture or color blue. 6. the clear, cloudless sky.


What is a printers primary color?

cyan(shade of blue) magenta(shade of pink/purplish) yellow and black


How is blood red?

Blood is actually a bluish,purplish color. Whenever you see blood, it is red because once the blood touches the air, it turns red.


What is the color crimson?

it is a deep red or like a maroonlike a maroon


What color is reddish blue?

Reddish blue does not correspond to a specific color as it is not commonly recognized or defined. It could be interpreted as a mix between red and blue, resulting in a purplish or violet hue depending on the proportions of each color.