This post inspired by GingerOfTheNorth’s colorful plight in MPSIMS.
I’ve had this idea for a while, and someone else has probably already thought of it, but how practical would it be to develop a beverage or chewable tablet (or outright candy) to tint one’s urine? That is, could it be done in a variety of colors without any side effects? Just think of the millions of of young 'uns (mostly boys, I should imagine) that would be chomping at the bit for the opportunity to pee in a shade other then boring old yellow? It could be the Pop Rocks for the new century…
Sorry, but far too many high school and college age chem lab students have beat you to the idea. As I recall, the dye of choice was either ‘methyl blue’ or ‘methylene blue’. I can’t remember which (it’s been many years), and they may actually be the same thing.
That said, it was a favorite in college to offer to go get your buddy a refill at the soda dispenser and pour some into his/ her drink. Naturally, it has to be one of the brown colas, or else it’s obvious, but you get the idea. Result, within a few hours, the person pees bright green with no lasting ill effects.
Of course, if you are planning on doing this, I’d make sure I have those dye names correct so you don’t end up poisoning one of your friends if I have that name wrong…
When I was in college, someone on the dorm floor came down with what they thought was meningitis, so we were all given pills for it. Turned my urine a bright orange.
been done many times infact they have moved onto other things i remember a few months back about this powder yu put into water drank and then the next day your cum would taste sweet , heh I have no first hand experience of this however !
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when I was reeeaal little, for some reason I can’t begin to fathom, I didn’t want to pee. Guess it was a potty training thing or something. No idea, haven’t really felt the need to discuss the matter with my folks in any great detail. Anyway, the doctor prescribed me some pills to change the color of my pee, in order to encourage me to go potty. I still very vaguely remember thinking it was pretty neat. In fact, it’s probably one of my earliest memories.
For what it’s worth, the drug that I am taking that has changed my urine to technicolour orange is called Pyridium, the generic name is Phenazopyridine HCL. It’s a small purple pill, which is meant to numb the urinary tract so that the spasms go away and I don’t feel terrible anymore. Quixotic78 thinks that it may contain Ferrocene, which makes the colour change.
Try some vitamin combinations (sold over the counter, probably a little more “safe” than “…I’m not sure what it was but it came out of my college chem lab”).
Once a week I take one each of vitamins C (1000mg), E (500?mg), a generic multi-vitamin, and a B-complex all at the same time (with Saturday’s breakfast). The breakfast menu varies, but the vitamins are always the same.
About four hours after ingestion (and lasting about 12-16 hours total) I pee a bright, nuclear-powered, fluorescent-highlighter-on-steroids kind of yellow. (More than you really wanted to know about me, huh?)
The B-complex tablet (sorry, don’t know the brand, that’s my wife’s domain) has a deep orange/yellow color, but I doubt they put that much dye in the thing.
