# Fake Blood

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-blood/169711>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 19, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-blood/169711 "2003-04-19T22:40:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Spudo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Spudo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spudo)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-blood/169711/1 "2003-04-19T22:40:09Z")

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Hi, I’m wondering if anyone knows, or knows where I can get, a recipie for realistic looking fake blood. I’m looking for something I can make without a lot of strange or expensive stuff. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![K3v1n](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@K3v1n](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K3v1n)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-blood/169711/2 "2003-04-19T22:46:48Z")

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Google’s “fake blood” first hit"

[http://www.shades-of-night.com/painneck/blood.html](http://www.shades-of-night.com/painneck/blood.html)

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-blood/169711/3 "2003-04-19T22:47:22Z")

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also “fake blood recipe” a la google

[http://www.fabulousfoods.com/recipes/misc/fakeblood.html](http://www.fabulousfoods.com/recipes/misc/fakeblood.html)

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**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-blood/169711/4 "2003-04-19T23:07:27Z")

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I made some fake blood when I worked at a restaraunt. I used the corn syrup and corn starch recipe along with some red food coloring. I then pretended to cut my hand with a butcher knife in front of the waitresses. I was the only one who thought it was kind of funny.:rolleyes: