I have a character with blue blood, her name is Enderstorm, I need to know: if she blushes, will it still be red or will it be blue like her blood? This is important as she blushes quite a lot. Also, if you know any other things that would be different for people with blue blood please tell me.
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You would still blush red, because its not the blood showing, its chemicals being released, (mainly Adrenalin) which causes your face to turn red (though your blood does rush there, so you might have a bluish tint)
THANK YOU! Okay phew I don’t have to go back and change every time she blushes! Maybe her blushing will be a reddish purple because of the blood. That would fit wonderfully with her color scheme.
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The chemicals themselves don’t cause your face to turn red, I don’t think. They should instead trigger vasodilation, which increases blood flow to the capillaries and thus brings more blood closer to the skin’s surface. So I imagine she’d just blush blue. But I could be wrong.
Okay now I’m confused and very worried.
Honestly if they’re not human you can make up whatever explanation you want.
Perfect! Her true form(the form she was born in and her actual species) is a dragon, so her genetics are more dragon like even as a human.
I'm pretty sure she'd blush blue. What you see is the blood. Adrenaline and such cause the blush but they do so by increasing blood flow, like @BecInMYday said.
As for what would be different for people with blue blood, depends on how hard sci-fi you'd want to make it. If no magic is in play ostensibly she has hemocyanin (like some arthropods and molluscs) instead of hemoglobin, and it has lower capacity for binding oxygen, so she'd get out of breath really quickly, and physical exertions would probably be completely out… if it works at all.
Lol nevermind since she's a dragon I guess magic very much is an option :)
Yes magic is the dirt I use to fill all my plot holes. It’s extremely convenient.
Gonna go for the middle ground, I think purple makes the most sense and also looks nicest
Okay, final decision, she blushes reddish purple, that’s that, thank you all for helping!