20 Mind-Blowing Facts You Never Knew About Breaking Bad
14. Real Meth Dealers Have Dyed Their Meth Blue
Breaking Bad has, for the most part, pretty accurate chemistry, showing the process of making meth correctly (so we're told). Of course, there's some cases of dramatic license, most prominent being that Heisenberg's blue meth wouldn't actually be blue. Versions of the drug do come with that bright blue colour (again, so we're told), but something as pure as Walt's would invariably be almost clear, no matter what method it was made by.
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The producers only did it to make the central prop more visually striking, although that didn't stop real life cooks from dying their meth blue in an attempt to cash in on the fictional reputation of Blue Sky.