What does the colour of our urine denote?

Question

Different times of the day the color of the urine changes. what do the different colors denote?

Answer 1

It is normally pale yellow or amber or clear depending upon a person's health, water intake and diet. Even an uneducated man would get suspicious if there is any change in colour of the urine. Change in colour is mainly due to bilirubin. It may also change due to drugs, colours, dyes and chemicals used in sweets, foods, etc.

Yellowish urine indicates presence of bilirubin (jaundice) or excess of vitamin-B

Cloudy turbid urine always denotes infection and loads of bacteria

Smoky urine indicates the presence of blood cells or any other chemicals

Red or brown urine indicates the presence of blood (renal stones, infection, etc.)

Whitish urine indicates the presence of phosphate of lime

Frothy urine is often passed in case of jaundice or renal damage. It indicates the presence of bile salts or albumin

Answer 2

The difference in color is the fact that it lets you know if your are hydrated or dehydrated. For example if your urine is a water yellow say almost white like you are well hydrated, if its dark yellow you need to drink water. So as the day passes you may notice a change in color, if your active and sweating it may be darker then it was say 2 hours ago. This tells you drink water before you get real dehydrated. Also it lets you know if your Sick . say you have a kidney stones or a urinary track infection you may see some red this tells you GET TO THE DOCTOR

Answer 3

It'll be more concentrated in the morning so deeper in color, or rather, darker yellow. Through the day, though, it should lighten if you've drunk enough water.

However, vitamin C makes it a bright yellow regardless of amount of water ingested.

As for other colors, red would suck. Blue, green or a paisley pattern would maybe be pretty but I have yet to see those colors.

Answer 4

The darker the color the more likely of dehydration, ideally it should be water clear and this means you are getting enough fluids

Answer 5

it denotes the amount of impurities that pass through our system. if you drink plenty of water, then ur urine is almost clear. if you drink lots of soda it is differently colored.

Answer 6

Usually it tells you how diluted it is or isn't, and it can also tell you whether you are crook(sick). It can tell you a lot of things but the truth is actually in the testing not the looking

Answer 7

the more colour in it the more dehydrated you are.

BUT if yo are taking vitamin suppliments then this can change the colour as well.

Answer 8

the quantity of water u've drunk
if its very yellow, u need to drink more
vice versa

Answer 9

your hydration level. the darker it is, the more dehydrated you are.