Exploring the True Colors of Arteries

The interesting article on basket-weaving (“These Knots That Bind Them,” Aug. 31) contained a significant error: Gerri Johnson-McMillin, in describing the color of the heart, said she had thought of doing it a darker bluish, like an artery.

Arteries are newly refreshed blood and are bright red. The only exception I can think of is the pulmonary artery, carrying old dark blood from the right side of the heart to be recycled by the lungs.

No criticism intended.

JAMES DITCHIK, MD

Woodland Hills