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The color isn't re
ally purple. What you see is very tiny blood seepage into the tissue. You are seeing the blood through the skin which helps with the color distortion.
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Do you turn your outside water cut off on your house clockwise or counterclockwise to turn off?
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What causes legs and feet to turn purple?
I'm not certain but I believe that when you cut of the blood supply to a body part, the blood no longer gets pumped in and out of the area. The colour of blood without oxygen is purple. I believe that they turn purple because the blood supply has been cut and what blood is there has had all its oxygen absorbed. Due to the colour, it probably shows up through the skin easier.
What would red itchy bumps that leak clear puss and turn purple on the ankle and top of foot be?
It's your foot getting eaten alive by fungus. Sorry you're going to have to get it cut off.
How do you make an indicator?
If you want to make a purple indicator, just cut up some purple cabbage and cook it in boiling water for about 5-10 minutes or until it turns purple. When you place another substance in it it will turn pink if it is acidic, and if if turns a green it is a base...... if it stays purple the substance is neutral.
What country this flag belongs with two vertical color of white and purple the white is cut in jagged edges?
That flag would be Qatar.
How do you divide five pies equally among eight people?
Cut each pie into eight pieces (cut in half, turn 1/4 turn, cut in half again, turn 1/8th turn, cut in half, turn 1/4 turn, and cut in half). Then, give each person five pieces.
Can you turn your eyeballs inside-out?
No. Unless you cut them out of your head, cut them open and turn them inside out.
How would a remote town be cut off from the outside world?
Being remote and hard to get to, it would have little contact with people elsewhere.
How do you tell if a cast is too tight?
if it is on your arm then circulation i your arm is being cut off or if it is on your leg then the circulation in your foot is being cut off. If the hand or leg is unexposed then if you loose feeling in the body part or if some fingers/toes are visible then they turn purple
Why would your rear turn signals work but not the brake lights?
A wire may be cut from the brakes. the turn signal wire is still connected
What causes the skin of feet and legs to turn purple?
It could mean that they are swelling or that the blood supply to the legs have been cut off, and the blood flow no longer is flowing toward that part of the body.
If you live outside in the cold homeless can your toe turn green?
your toe can fall off if you live outside homeless and it gets badly cut and infected?unfortunatley yes its very dangerous to live out in the coldness so that's the answer
