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Blood only appears blue when viewed through the skin because of the way light interacts with it. Oxygen-rich blood is bright red and oxygen-poor blood is a darker red color. The blue hue seen under the skin is due to light absorption and scattering, not the actual color of the blood.
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What color do bases turn in pH paper?
Bases turn pH paper blue or purple in color.
What colour would blood turn if a universal indicator was added?
If a universal indicator is added to blood, it would likely turn a dark purple or blue color, indicating a more basic pH level. Blood typically has a pH around 7.4, which is slightly alkaline.
Alkalis turn paper blue?
Alkalis turn red litmus paper blue by converting the indicator dye to its basic form, which has a blue color. This color change occurs due to the increase in pH caused by the alkalis.
What color does blue litmus turn in a base?
Blue litmus paper turns red in a base.
What color does red and blue litmus turn when dipped in detergent solution?
The blue litmus paper will not change color. Red litmus would turn blue in the presence of ammonia. Blue litmus paper will only change color in the presence of an acid, at which point it will turn red.
When air hits a blue blood what color is?
? Are you asking what color does blue blood turn after it comes in contact with air? Red!
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 does it mean when the veins under your tongue turn blue?
The veins under your tongue don't turn blue, they just are blue. Blood is blue in color before it meets air; once it has it turns blood red.
Why do people turn purple or blue when they are being suffocated?
Red blood cells need oxygen. Oxygen is what gives blood that bright red color. When blood is lacking oxygen, it turns dark and that's why people turn purple or blue.
What does the idiom blue blood literally mean?
"Blue blood" LITERALLY means blood that is blue in color.
What color do bases turn in pH paper?
Bases turn pH paper blue or purple in color.
Why does your face turn blue when you hold your breath?
Because your blood is not receiving oxygen, and the hemoglobin in your red blood cells is losing its usual bright red color. (Many people cannot hold their breath long enough for their faces to turn blue)
When giving an injection into the blood stream what color blood is the artery?
the color is blue
When does human blood turn blue?
Human blood never turns blue.
Does blue blood give blue eyes their color?
No.
Why would a grey tree frog die and turn blue?
They turn blue because the body no longer sirculates blood and the color change is the body's way of saying "I'm dead." Hope that helps you...
What color is an octopuss blood?
The octopus’s blood is blue
