black and blue and . . . green?

I’ve had a bruise on my arm for a few days. It’s been purple, obviously from blood just under the skin. Now the purple is surrounded by green. What part of the healing process produces green?

soon parts of it will turn yellow. Bruises can be pretty technicolor sometimes.

I think it’s just the different stages of the beakdown of blood.

Do you happen to be a copper-based life form by any chance?

No, nor am I the Statue of Liberty.

Ah, but are you Vulcan?

Ahem, now to a serious answer. It appears that even sven is correct: