• Question: what colour is your brain?

    Asked by kayztar to Susan on 22 Nov 2013. This question was also asked by theboss123.
    • Photo: Susan Skelton

      Susan Skelton answered on 22 Nov 2013:

      Hi kayztar and theboss!

      Although the brain is often called ‘grey matter’, it actually isn’t very grey at all! Brains actually look pink because they also contains a lot of blood. I think a brain looks a bit like corned beef! When brains are stored for a long time (like in a [weird sort] of museum) they start to look brown.
      I once had to cut up a brain in a class at university – I didn’t like it very much!

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