Blue skin may refer to:
- Argyria, caused by the ingestion of elemental silver, silver dust or silver compounds
- Methemoglobinemia, the presence of excessive levels of Methemoglobin in the blood
- Cyanosis, caused by the presence of deoxygenated hemoglobin in blood vessels near the skin surface
- Blue baby syndrome
- Purpura
- Bruise
- Petechia
Famous quotes containing the words blue and/or skin:
“While my hair was still cut straight across my forehead
I played about the front gate, pulling flowers.
You came by on bamboo stilts, playing horse,
You walked about my seat, playing with blue plums.”
—Li Po (701–762)
“Your old skin puckering, your lungs’ breath
Grown baby short as you looked up last
At my face swinging over the human bed,
And somewhere you cried, let me go let me go.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)