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The blood in veins appear green on the skin because the skin serves as a filter for the color red which perceives the color as green. Under normal light, blood appears as a red color.

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Blood inside the body tends to look greenish or bluish due to a lower level of oxygen. Notice, right when it is exposed to oxygen due to a cut, it turns red instantaneously.

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Veins carry blood back to the heart after the blood has has its oxygen more or less used up. Your arterial blood, going away from heart and lungs is bright red with oxygen

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Green veins turn green when you see a green Lemon

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