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Blood never turns blue. It's been argued that it turns blue without oxygen, but this is merely a myth. The blue color you see is the color of the tissue that makes up your veins. Blood will however, take on a darker shade of red without oxygen, but it never goes anywhere near the color blue. If you would like to see for yourself, the next time you get a blood draw, or you donate blood, look at the blood in the tube. The tube is a vacuum (so no oxygen) and the blood does not look blue.

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