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2. Human skin color - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 December 2024. "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 ...

3. Human hair color - Wikipedia

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   The Fischer–Saller scale, named after Eugen Fischer and Karl Saller is used in physical anthropology and medicine to determine the shades of hair color. The scale uses the following designations: A (very light blond), B to E (light blond), F to L (), M to O (dark blond), P to T (light brown to brown), U to Y (dark brown to black) and Roman numerals I to IV and V to VI (red-blond).

4. Fitzpatrick scale - Wikipedia

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   The Fitzpatrick scale has been criticized for its Eurocentric bias and insufficient representation of global skin color diversity. [9] The scale originally was developed for classifying "white skin" in response to solar radiation, [2] and initially included only four categories focused on white skin, with "brown" and "black" skin types (V and VI) added as an afterthought.

5. Color terminology for race - Wikipedia

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   Categorization of racial groups by reference to skin color is common in classical antiquity. [7] For example, it is found in e.g. Physiognomica, a Greek treatise dated to c. 300 BC. The transmission of the "color terminology" for race from antiquity to early anthropology in 17th century Europe took place via rabbinical literature.

6. Fischer–Saller scale - Wikipedia

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   The Fischer–Saller Scale, named for eugenicist Eugen Fischer and German anthropologist Karl Saller , is used in physical anthropology and medicine to determine the shades of hair color. The scale uses the following designations: [1] [2] [3] [4]

7. If you think you have blue or green eyes, they're actually brown

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   The reason for this, is the pigment melanin, which also determines are hair and skin color. So melanin only really has one shade: brown! The more melanin you have in the iris of your eye, the ...