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[lethargic_man]

I appear to have got chromatography, or something like it, going on in my leg! The bruise on the outside of my right thigh now appears a livid purple smear almost half a foot in length... with the emphasis on "appears": The actual bruise—the bit that hurts and is tender to the touch—is actually further up my hip, and a pale enough yellow that, next to the purple stain, is easy to overlook completely.

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[awful-dynne.livejournal.com]

This sounds familiar, not as an experiment, but as something seen when one accidentally spills a drop or two of water onto a paper where there is writing in ink. Perhaps we learned about it in chemistry but were never given the name? I took a really low level Chemistry in high school(secondary school) because I didn't feel like exerting the extra effort to take on higher level Chemistry(especially since I wasn't so good at math and science). Then again, this sounds like something that in theory at least, could be taught in primary school. Maybe not. Regardless, thank you for the explanation, and I hope that your leg feels better and less bruised soon!