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Maybe the old term for European aristocrat, blue blood, along with its inbreeding connotations, is more literal than history gives it credence. It's usually att

Maybe the old term for European aristocrat, blue blood, along with its inbreeding connotations, is more literal than history gives it credence. It's usually attributed to pale skin but perhaps methemoglobinemia was on display. https://www.historyextra.com/period/georgian/why-people-noble-called-blue-blooded/ https://www.historyextra.com/period/georgian/why-people-nobl...

Bayart 5y ago
If people had been quite literally blue, it would have been widely written about. You're talking about an era giving people nicknames based on their countenance and using any slight deformity for propaganda was quite common.
- imglorp 5y ago
  True. Or maybe they covered it up with cosmetics, another stereotype of aristocrats?
  - msrenee 5y ago
    No.
- sumedh 5y ago
  > If people had been quite literally blue, it would have been widely written about. Some of the Hindu gods have blue skin, maybe they just had Methemoglobinemia.