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Some will say that the blood is blue in the veins because your veins are blue looking. This is incorrect. The blood is in fact red inside the veins, the veins just look blue due to the way the light passes through the fat and skin cells above.

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Is dark colored blood from your veins bad?

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Why does blood look blue in the veins?

Blood appears blue in veins due to the way light interacts with the skin and the blood vessels. The blue color is not actually the color of the blood itself, but rather a result of how light is absorbed and reflected by the skin and the veins.


Blood in the veins is usally what color?

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What color are veins?

Veins are blue in color, they carry deoxygenerated blood which has greater absorption coefficient than the oxygenated blood that runs in artery which is mainly responsible for the blue color.


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What carry oxygen and give blood its color?

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Why are veins blue and blood red in color?

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Why is the color of blood is always red in color?

Blood is always red (NEVER blue) because of hemoglobin, the main factor in blood's color. Deoxygenated hemoglobin is dark red, while oxygen enriched hemoglobin is more cherry red. The common misconception that deoxygenated blood in your veins is blue stems from textbooks that show arteries in red and veins in blue for simplicity. Also, your veins appear blue through your skin because of a variety of reasons only weakly dependent on the color of the blood. Light scattering in the skin, and the visual processing of color play roles as well. If arteries were near the skin surface, they would appear blue as well. Cameras inserted in veins during medical procedures clearly show that blood in veins is red, and when drawing blood from veins in a way that doesn't expose it to the air, it is clearly a dark red color and not blue.


What carries blood and gives blood its color?

Proteins don't give blood its color, the great amount of red blood cells do. Hence the name, they are red and give blood its color.


Why are veins blue in color?

Veins appear blue in color because of the way light interacts with the skin and the blood vessels beneath it. The skin absorbs red light, making the veins underneath appear blue.


Why are blood veins blue in color?

Blood veins appear blue in color due to the way light interacts with the skin. The skin absorbs different wavelengths of light, and blue light is able to penetrate deeper into the skin, making the veins appear blue. In reality, blood is always red, but the way light is absorbed and reflected by the skin gives the illusion of blue veins.


What is the color of the intensity of blood?

it is blue inside your body but outside when it gets air it is red so veins r blood n veins r blue so yeah