I'm about to go fucking APE

None of this is actually viable, Footprints aren't taking proper color, aren't updating their color. It's just default red. screm

code/datums/components/decals/blood.dm

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 /datum/component/decal/blood/generate_appearance(_icon, _icon_state, _dir, _layer, _color)
 	var/obj/item/I = parent
+	I.cut_overlays()
 	if(!_icon)
 		_icon = 'icons/effects/blood.dmi'
 	if(!_icon_state)
@@ -22,10 +23,12 @@
 	var/icon/blood_splatter_icon = icon(initial(I.icon), initial(I.icon_state), , 1)		//we only want to apply blood-splatters to the initial icon_state for each object
 	blood_splatter_icon.Blend("#fff", ICON_ADD) 			//fills the icon_state with white (except where it's transparent)
 	blood_splatter_icon.Blend(icon(_icon, _icon_state), ICON_MULTIPLY) //adds blood and the remaining white areas become transparant
-	pic = mutable_appearance(blood_splatter_icon, initial(I.icon_state))
+//	pic = mutable_appearance(blood_splatter_icon, initial(I.icon_state))
 
-	I.blood_overlay = image(blood_splatter_icon)
+	I.blood_splatter_icon = blood_splatter_icon
+	I.blood_overlay = image(I.blood_splatter_icon)
 	I.blood_overlay.color = I.blood_DNA_to_color()
+	I.update_icon()
 	I.add_overlay(I.blood_overlay)
 
 	return TRUE