Brown discharge may even look like the color of coffee grounds or dark enough to be nearly black. Contact a healthcare provider right away if you're pregnant and bleeding is accompanied by ...

However, discharge that contains blood can appear red, pink, brown, or black. Often, if the discharge is gray, dark yellow, or green with a fishy smell, it's a sign of infection. Several possible ...

Period blood isn't always red in colour, and a variation in colour could mean lots of different things, so there's no need to panic.