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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. "Skin pigmentation" redirects here. For animal skin pigmentation, see Biological pigment. Extended Coloured family from South Africa showing some spectrum of human skin coloration Human skin color ranges from the darkest brown to the lightest hues. Differences in skin color among ...
Research suggests that light-skinned African American women have higher salaries and greater job satisfaction than dark-skinned women. [218] Being "too black" has recently been acknowledged by the U.S. Federal courts in an employment discrimination case under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In Etienne v.
An assessment of racism in Trinidad notes people often being described by their skin tone, with the gradations being "HIGH RED – part White, part Black but 'clearer' than Brown-skin: HIGH BROWN – More white than Black, light skinned: DOUGLA – part Indian and part Black: LIGHT SKINNED, or CLEAR SKINNED Some Black, but more White: TRINI ...
Skin reflectance vs. latitude Some people in Mongolia have light skin. In the 1960s, biochemist W. Farnsworth Loomis suggested that skin colour is related to the body's need for vitamin D . The major positive effect of UV radiation in land-living vertebrates is the ability to synthesize vitamin D3 from it.
The pencil test, which distinguished either "black" from "Coloured" or "Coloured" from "white", relied upon curliness and strength of hair (i.e. whether it was capable of retaining a pencil under its own strength) rather than upon any color factor at all. The pencil test could "trump skin color". [16] [17]
High yellow, occasionally simply yellow (dialect: yaller, yella), is a term used to describe a light-skinned black person . It is also used as a slang for those thought to have "yellow undertones". [1] The term was in common use in the United States at the end of the 19th century and the mid 20th century.
The 2025 Grammys was a historic night for Beyoncé, who broke records by becoming the first Black woman to ever win Best Album in the Country category. According to them, the superstar’s skin ...
A woman with dark skin. Dark skin is a type of human skin color that is rich in melanin pigments. [1] [2] [3] People with dark skin are often referred to as black people, [4] although this usage can be ambiguous in some countries where it is also used to specifically refer to different ethnic groups or populations. [5] [6] [7] [8]