What colour is your blood inside your veins,
before it hits oxygen?

Q: What colour is your blood inside your veins, before it hits oxygen?

Red — always red. Just a darker shade when deoxygenated.. The 'blue blood' idea is a myth from anatomy diagrams. Veins look blue because of skin light-filtering, not the blood inside.

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Red — always red. Just a darker shade when deoxygenated. — The 'blue blood' idea is a myth from anatomy diagrams. Veins look blue because of skin light-filtering, not the blood inside.