1 When you first get a bruise, it's kind of reddish as the blood appears under the skin.  Within 1 or 2 days, the hemoglobin (an iron-containing substance that carries oxygen) in the blood changes and your bruise turns bluish-purple or even blackish.
balmy-mild and pleasant; balmy days and nights; the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth; a soft breeze. mild, soft. clement - (of weather or climate) physically mild; clement weather.
After a cold start with some shallow mist and fog, Thursday will be mainly dry with sunny spells and some patchy cloud developing. The cloud will continue to break overnight. Dry and fine on Friday, but chilly with a little fair-weather cloud and moderate southerly winds. Remaining chilly on Saturday, although there will be lots of sunshine with little cloud. Frosty overnight.