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  2. Human skin color - Wikipedia

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    Human skin color. Extended Coloured ( Afrikaans: Kleurlinge or Bruinmense) 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 individuals is caused by variation in pigmentation, which is the result of genetics (inherited ...

  3. Dermatophagia - Wikipedia

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    OCD. Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greek δέρμα — lit.skin and φαγείαlit.eating) or dermatodaxia (from δήξις, lit.biting) [3] is a compulsion disorder of gnawing or biting one's own skin, most commonly at the fingers. This action can either be conscious or unconscious [4] and it is considered to be a type of pica.

  4. Von Luschan's chromatic scale - Wikipedia

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    Skin colors according to von Luschan's chromatic scale. Von Luschan's chromatic scale ( VLS) is a method of classifying skin color. It is also called the von Luschan scale or von Luschan's scale. It is named after its inventor, Felix von Luschan. The equipment consisted of 36 opaque glass tiles which were compared to the subject's skin, ideally ...

  5. Monk Skin Tone Scale - Wikipedia

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    The Monk Skin Tone Scale is an open-source, 10-shade scale describing human skin color, developed by Ellis Monk in partnership with Google. It is meant to replace the Fitzpatrick scale in fields such as computer vision research, after an IEEE study found the Fitzpatrick scale to be "poorly predictive of skin tone" and advised it "not be used as ...

  6. Here's Why Your Toenails Might Be White—and What to ... - AOL

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    Related: 2. Trauma. White toenails can also be caused by trauma. "Trauma could cause white spots on the nails or even white lines (leukonychia)," says Dr. Mendeszoon. "Bumping one’s toe or being ...

  7. Fitzpatrick scale - Wikipedia

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    Fitzpatrick scale. The Fitzpatrick scale (also Fitzpatrick skin typing test; or Fitzpatrick phototyping scale) is a numerical classification schema for human skin color. It was developed in 1975 by American dermatologist Thomas B. Fitzpatrick as a way to estimate the response of different types of skin to ultraviolet (UV) light. [2] It was ...

  8. Blaschko's lines - Wikipedia

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    Blaschko's lines, also called the lines of Blaschko, are lines of normal cell development in the skin. These lines are only visible in those with a mosaic [1] [2] [3] skin condition or in chimeras where different cell lines contain different genes. These lines may express different amounts of melanin, [4] or become visible due to a differing ...

  9. File:Felix von Luschan Skin Color chart.svg - Wikipedia

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    Felix von Luschan Skin Color chart.svg. English: This is a reproduction of the Von Luschan's chromatic scale made by anthropologist Felix von Luschan . The original was self-made from scratch with the paint program in the likeness of the chart originally printed in Völker, Rassen, Sprachen (1927). The skin colors used were copied from the ...