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.
Balm can refer to: Liniment, a topical medical preparation Melissa, a genus of plants, particularly the species commonly known as balm in the United Kingdom or Lemon balm in the United States Monarda, a genus of plants commonly known as bee balm Elsholtzia ciliata a species of plants sometimes known as Vietnamese balm Balm of Gilead, a medicinal resin from the North American species Populus candicans