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Yellow shades-green shades are infection.
Red- not nessisarily a bad thing you can have a little blood in your sputum from broncitis and it look like a ton of blood.(still go to the dr or er to have this checked because it could mean a pulmonary embolism or something serious).
Brown- old blood
lighter browns-smokers
white-clear-normal
pink-frothy(bubbliy) means fluid in the lungs (go to the er)

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White/colorless- COPD, Bronchitis Yellow/light green- bacterial infection Green-bacterial infection (Pseudomonas) Red- Danger..cancer/TB/trauma Brown- pneumonia Black- Fungal infection/pollution,coal

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