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Chemomechanics t1_j55y51i wrote

Reply to comment by fondood in What color are cancer cells? by jennlara

> to the naked eye they would most likely appear off-white.

Single cells would appear clear. Agglomerations of many, many cells would appear off-white for the same reason that milk or snow appears off-white: indiscriminate scattering of white light.

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fondood t1_j59lz0y wrote

Single (human) cells wouldn't appear as anything to the naked eye. Unless your naked eye is a microscope, which would be dope.

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