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blood isn't blue its only blue because of the light, if you went in a completley dark space it will be red

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Why do your vains look blue?

your veins look blue because your blood has no oxygen, when your blood is oxygenated it is red and when it is deoxygenated it is blue. veins carry blood toward the heart and are often blue while arteries carry blood away from the heart and are filled with oxygenated blood.


How does the blue blood vampire look like?

It looks blue


Is the blood in your veins really blue and purple or does it just look that way?

Blood is blue in your veins!


He had blue blood in his veins?

A blood seems blue in veins because when a blood is in veins they are low in oxygen and therefore look blue. When they get oxygenated, they become red and are carried by the artery.


Why some times blood look blue on the veins?

Blood becomes blue when it is deprived of oxygen. These veins are returning de-oxygenated blood to the heart, making them appear blue.


What is blood when it is blue?

when blood is blue from outside actually it is not blue but reddish or dark red. The veins look blue from the outside due to the skin and fat absorbing red and yellow light, but reflecting blue.


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.


When you look at your skin what color does an arterie look like?

Blue, Veins and atreries alike look blue, blood itself is not red until it makes contact with air.


Why do veins look blue even though blood is red?

Veins appear blue because of the way light interacts with the skin and the blood vessels underneath. The skin absorbs red light, making the veins appear blue. Blood is actually red, but the way light is absorbed and reflected by the skin makes veins look blue.


Why do your veins look blue instead of red?

Our Veins look blue as well because those veins contain carbonated blood ,the blood which is going back to liver for oxygenation or purification. Due to access amount of carbon di oxide this blood looks like blue inside the veins.


What color is de oxygenated blood?

No. De-oxygenated blood is a dark red color. It may look blue in an anatomy and physiology text book, but the authors do that to show more clearly which blood vessels, usually veins, that carry de-oxygenated blood. That is why they color them blue. And then the arteries, which usually carry oxygenated blood, are colored red. In real life, your veins look blue because of the other tissues that have pigments in them that you have to look through to see your veins. Even though they appear on the outside to be blue, in fact, on the inside they are carrying deep dark red blood. Just look at the vial of blood the next time the nurse draws some for a test. You will see that it is dark red.


Why is blood red while veins appear blue?

Blood is red because of the iron in red blood cells, which gives it a red color when oxygenated. Veins appear blue because of the way light interacts with the skin and the blood vessels, causing them to look blue from the outside.