Moments of Permanence - An odd question: the colour of bruising

From: qem_chibati Date: April 9th, 2012 03:52 am (UTC) (Link)

Here via network - although I am not black, I can confirm that darker skin can definitely have some spectacular bruises, purple basically stands out on anyone.

IDK really about the milder bruises though. I can't imagine their being significant differences other then skin tone maybe masking or making it harder to stand out since the colours we see are from hemoglobin in your blood breaking down and being cleared out.

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From: sami Date: April 9th, 2012 03:42 pm (UTC) (Link)

Yeah, it's the masking effect I've been wondering about, for the most part. Especially half-healed bruises, where the colouration gets fainter.

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