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They haemoglobin pigment present in the blood gives it the red colour.this pigment is found in the RBCs hence making them red in colour.

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Q: What gives red blood cells there red color?
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What carries oxygen and gives our blood its color?

Red blood cells.


What part of the red blood cells gives it red color?

Hemoglobin


What 2 things does hemoglobin in red blood cells do?

Hemoglobin carries the oxygen in the blood and it gives the red blood cells their color.


Why is AA red blood cell red?

Red blood cells contain iron, which gives them their red color.


What substance gives vertebrates red blood cells color?

Haemoglobin .


What is the iron-containing pigment that gives red blood cells their color?

Hemoglobin.


What does Hemoglobin give its blood to?

Hemoglobin is a protein that gives the red blood cells the color red so it doesn't have any blood


Why do you red blood cells contain hemoglobin?

No, white blood cells do not contain hemoglobin; red blood cells contain hemoglobin (and it is the hemoglobin that gives them their red color).


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.


What gas is transported in the blood make makes it bright red?

Oxygen is the gas transported by red blood cells that gives them a bright red color.


What part of a red cell gives it the red color?

That is called hemoglobin. Hemoglobin contains iron, and when iron oxidizes (rusts), it turns orange.


Melanin is the iron containing pigment that gives red blood cells their color?

Melanin is not the agent reponsible for coloring red blood cells. Melanin gives color to skin, parts of the eye, hair, the inner ear, the brain, and adrenal glands, though. The substance that makes the blood cells red is iron. It's actually a very pure form of 'rust'. Hemoglobin is also associated with red blood cell color.