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Blood is red because of oxygenated iron in the red blood cells. When it is deoxygenated it is a darker shade of red, slightly violet (commonly thought of as blue because of the color of veins beneath the skin).

2006-07-11 20:55:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

"In humans and other hemoglobin-using creatures, oxygenated blood is a bright red in its color. This is due to oxygenated iron in the red blood cells. Deoxygenated blood is a darker shade of red, which can be seen during blood donation and when venous blood samples are taken. However, due to an optical effect caused by the way in which light penetrates through the skin, veins typically appear blue in color. This has led to a common misconception that before venous blood is exposed to air it is blue."

2006-07-12 03:59:12 · answer #2 · answered by LilMikey 3 · 0 0

That is not true. Blood is red and blue. Oxygenated blood is red, while the one without oxygen is blue, look at your veins they are blue, whereas your arteries are red. The reason you only see red blood is because when you cut yourself your blood reacts with atmospheric oxygen. If there were no oxygen around your blood would be blue!.

2006-07-12 03:53:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

That's because of red blood cells

2006-07-12 04:18:16 · answer #4 · answered by yo22g 2 · 0 0

i don't really understand your question but ... our blood is two colors. Red and Blue. Red with oxygen blue without.

2006-07-12 03:53:14 · answer #5 · answered by bickeo 4 · 0 0

If blood is oxygenated, meaning it has oxygen in it, it is red. If it isn't oxygenated then it is blue. that is why veins are usually blue in our body, and when we are cut it is red. depending on where the blood is located in our body, it can be red or blue.

2006-07-12 04:46:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Because unlike skin, blood is not exposed to the sun, nor is it different for people, as we are all the same inside.

2006-07-12 03:53:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I thought it is blue before it hits oxygen and yellow after it separates from the plasma

2006-07-12 03:53:40 · answer #8 · answered by mumsey4 2 · 0 0

because blood being only one proses we eat and can become blood

2006-07-12 04:10:05 · answer #9 · answered by Hasan 1 · 0 0

It is red because the hemoglobin contains iron.

2006-07-12 03:59:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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