Color of Tau Blood

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**SkeTcHy LaRRy**

Ive seen this topic brought up before but I cant for the life of me remember. What color is Tau blood?

Working on a diaroma and really want to stay true. Thanks for the help as always Dakka.

**Yori**

Cyan they lack iron and instead have another element (I forgot which that colors their blood with a blueish color).

Edit: I remembered it now it was Cobalt I think.

**Hunterindarkness**

Oh I did not know this, was thinking bluish myself.

**SkeTcHy LaRRy**

Thank you very much

**LumenPraebeo**

Really? I've always assumed their blood was red. Guess DoW isn't that accurate eh?

**Hunterindarkness**

Why would it be red? They are not human and did not evolve as life on earth did.

**chromedog**

It's described in the old codex and in the novelisation of "Fire Warrior" that they have a cobalt-based blood - which would account for the blueness of it - and the greyish tint of their flesh.

**Veldrain**

Savage Scars novel has it being more purplish.

**LumenPraebeo**

Hunterindarkness wrote:Why would it be red? They are not human and did not evolve as life on earth did.

Because DoW showed it as red.

**Frostyfire**

Tau blood is blue to purple depending on the oxidation of their Cobalt based blood, hence the term "Blueies" being referenced to the Tau.

**Kain**

LumenPraebeo wrote:Really? I've always assumed their blood was red. Guess DoW isn't that accurate eh?

That's more due to game engine limitations than anything else. Relic did what they could with the impossible creatures engine which by dark crusade was already having it's nose put to the grindstone. Another note on Tau blood; according to the Ciaphas Cain novels, it's noted to smell absolutely terrible.

**d-usa**

Tau are Vulcan?

**Kain**

d-usa wrote:Tau are Vulcan?

Vulcans have green copper based blood silly.

**d-usa**

Kain wrote:
d-usa wrote:Tau are Vulcan?

Vulcans have green copper based blood silly.

I shall hand in my nerd credentials at the appropriate offices.

**vodo40k**

Blue and heres why:

http://tauonline.org/?content=browse&article=428

**Wyrmalla**

LumenPraebeo wrote:
Because DoW showed it as red.

And it also shows Ork blood as red despite it being black...... =P

**Hunterindarkness**

vodo40k wrote:Blue and heres why:

http://tauonline.org/?content=browse&article=428

Thanks. Thats was a very cool and informative link.

**Tadashi**

Blue...because of cobalt; it also shows their complete lack of Old One-influence. All races created/influenced by the Old Ones have red blood: Orks, Eldar, Humans, Jokaero (not sure).

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Wyrmalla wrote:
LumenPraebeo wrote:
Because DoW showed it as red.

And it also shows Ork blood as red despite it being black...... =P

Huh? Where did you get that from? Ork blood is red; used to be green, until GW retconned it to red.

**SagesStone**

I thought it was a really dark red, sort of like how Tyranid "blood" is a really dark almost black purple and thick.

Tau is blue to purple though.

**Commissar41.0**

its a blueish purple