Carboxyhaemoglobin (carbon dioxide rich blood) is a red-purple colour.
Oxyhaemoglobin (Oxygen rich blood ) is deep red
Carbonmonoxyhaemoglobin (Blood containing carbon monoxide) is bright red
Aside: Some people think some blood is blue because veins (containing CO2 rich blood) appear blue. This is due to the colour of the veins and the colur absorption of the tissues. Octopi and horseshoe crabs do have blue blood because they use copper, not iron, to transport oxygen.
Oxygenated blood is red. The presence of carbon dioxide in the blood does not alter the color.
The systemic circulation brings oxygen-filled blood to the body tissues, and returns carbon-dioxide filled blood to the heart. The pulmonary circulation brings carbon-dioxide filled blood to the lungs.
the red blood cells
Carbon dioxide is colorless.
Carbon dioxide gas is colorless
Blood is a lighter color when carrying oxygen and darken when carrying carbon dioxide. If the blood was dark, it was probably carrying carbon dioxide at the time it was taken. If it's black, it's polluted with something or your kidneys/liver are having problems.
Mosquitoes are primarily attracted to carbon dioxide, body heat, and body odor. They are also attracted to dark colors and certain wavelengths of light, like UV light. However, carbon dioxide is one of the most important factors that draw mosquitoes to their hosts.
it is blood that is rich in carbon dioxide rather than oxygen on the way back to the heart . the oxygen has been delivered to the body and carbon dioxide has replaced the oxygen. Blood that has released its oxygen. It is dark red in color with a tinge of blue. It is a common misconception that deoxygenated blood is blue. Oxygen bonds to hemoglobin in the blood cells and is transported to where it is needed in the body where it exchanges with carbon dioxide. Deoxygenated blood is found in veins and in the pulmonary artery.
Red blood cells transport oxygen to cells and remove carbon dioxide from the body as they circulate through the bloodstream. Their characteristic red color comes from the iron-containing protein called hemoglobin, which binds to oxygen and carries it to tissues.
Hemoglobin/haemoglobin (two different spellings of the same thing). It's a protein made up of four separate protein chains, each of which has a heme group, which has as its central feature a porphyrin ring containing an iron atom. This is what gives red blood cells their characteristic color (which is actually more of a dark purple than red when carbon dioxide is bound to the heme groups).
Carbon dioxide (CO2) affects the color of blood due to its interaction with hemoglobin. When oxygen binds to hemoglobin in the lungs, it forms oxyhemoglobin, which appears bright red. As oxygen is released to tissues and CO2 is taken up, hemoglobin becomes deoxygenated, leading to the formation of deoxyhemoglobin, which has a darker, dull red color. This color change is a direct result of the different forms of hemoglobin and their binding states with oxygen and carbon dioxide.
Blood changes color at the lungs because it unloads carbon dioxide and absorbs oxygen. Red blood cells that are carrying oxygen are a brighter red color than red blood cells that are depleted of oxygen.