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    The X-Men are a superhero team of mutants founded by Professor Charles Xavier. They are dedicated to helping fellow mutants and sworn to protect a world that fears and hates them.

    Blue Skin X-Gene Trait?

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    #1  Edited By riri4life

    Why so many blue muties? Just a popular color for artists, or there a reason behind it? lol (Yes, I realize most of these people are related.) 

     
     


     
     


     
     


     
     


     
     


     
     


     
     


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    All in the family...lol
    All in the family...lol





     
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    #2  Edited By Magian

    Well, Archangel became blue because of Apocalypse, Beast because he was experimenting on himself and most of the others are related or counterparts. My guess is a popular color and to be visually striking. Who is the one in the third picture?

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    #3  Edited By Gambit1024

    All of Nightcrawler's family and Beast only have blue fur. Their skin is white =)

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    #4  Edited By riri4life

    @Gambit1024:
    Are you sure about Kurt's family? Mystique has blue skin. Plus, I'm pretty sure his wife in the last pic didn't have fur.   
     
    P.S. What exactly turned Beast's fur blue if it wasn't due to mutation? Just a random chemical reaction due to an experiment? 
     
    Another question: Is Apocalypse's skin grey or blue or in between? 
     

     


     

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    #5  Edited By Gambit1024
    @riri4life:  
     
    It was my understanding that Kurt's fur is Blue and his skin is white, but I could be wrong.  
     
    Originally Beast's fur was grey, but then changed blue for some reason.  
     
    Apocalypse's skin is grey, but you could argue that it's blue on the count of his "costume" is actually a part of him. 
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    #6  Edited By MrMiracle77

    Mystique originally had gray-ish skin.  The blue is more this last decade or so.

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    #7  Edited By riri4life
    @MrMiracle77:
    Really? I don't know when she was created, but I thought she has "been blue" since the 80s at least.
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    #8  Edited By MrMiracle77

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    Maybe its just me.  I know they had a lot of trouble perfecting a process for gray, even after the 60s.  It does look like she bears a little more green compared to Kurt's more obvious blue.
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    #9  Edited By xerox_kitty

    The heavy of us Blue used to be only as a highlight for black items.  that's why Colossus used to have blue hair, since it was a way of showing detail & highlight in his black hair.

     

    Anyway, blue isn't exclusively for the muties.  Namorita had 2 separate stints as a blue-skinned babe.  Most Atlanteans are blue, which is why Namor was so different because he was pink.

     


     

    Namorita's First Blue Phased
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    Namorita's Second Blue Phase (with Atlantean tattoos)
    Namorita's Second Blue Phase (with Atlantean tattoos)



     

    Underwater Blues: Pure-Bred Atlanteans
    Underwater Blues: Pure-Bred Atlanteans



     

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    #10  Edited By Thunderscream

    I think blue's just more dynamic. beast started out gray and i figure kurt was intended to be stark black with the use of blue highlighting his features. now i'd imagine kurt's skin is just as dark as the fur since he's able to blend into shadows too

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    #11  Edited By RavenDark



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    The Corruptor originally danced between blue, black and purple.....
     
    Notice the white hair and red eyes? That was an original color combination for the Dark Elves and was meant to symbolize evil and darkness in their characters....
    Of course, Drizzt D'ourden was born with unique bright purple eyes to imply his kindness of character which is an exception for his depraved race......
     

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    The old adage: " Eyes are windows to the soul."
     
     
    The writers of the X-men perhaps deliberately played with "Do not judge a book by its covers"....(Because the book is a mutant)
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    #12  Edited By CellphoneGirl

    That new mutant Laurie looks a lot like Mystique.

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    #13  Edited By jordama
    @xxCellPhoneGirlxx:
    I really did think that, I was like "Hope turned the girl into Mystique?"
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    #14  Edited By iLLituracy

    You got a problem with blue people?

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    #15  Edited By John Valentine

    WHAT ABOUT JAZZ? 
     

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    #16  Edited By riri4life
    @John Valentine:
    Wow, never heard of him before!.......pretty lame. lol
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    #17  Edited By Mercy_
    @riri4life: He's pretty low-ranking and also dead, IIRC. He was in The 198.
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    #18  Edited By AskaniSon295

    I allways thought it had something to do with the Kree influence on the Marvel Earth.  some of them are blue and they have been known to mess with human dna before maybe they are the ancestors of the blue mutants.

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    #19  Edited By arrowfan237

    Maybe it is, maybe it isn't.
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    #20  Edited By AskaniSon295

    Speaking of forgotten Blue mutants don't forget Rhapsody  from the X-factor storyline

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    #21  Edited By fesak  Moderator

    Also:

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    #22  Edited By Gylan Thomas
    @riri4life said:
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    @Gambit1024:
    Are you sure about Kurt's family? Mystique has blue skin. Plus, I'm pretty sure his wife in the last pic didn't have fur.   
     
    P.S. What exactly turned Beast's fur blue if it wasn't due to mutation? Just a random chemical reaction due to an experiment? 
     
    Another question: Is Apocalypse's skin grey or blue or in between? 
     

     


     

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    Is it really blue fur? They're never actually drawn to look particularly furry. Even Beast usually looks like hes got patches of fur and blue skin.
    I think of Nightcrawler being more like movie Nightcrawler with blue skin.

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