What does skin color tells you about a person?

Skin color alone does not provide any reliable information about a person’s race, culture or susceptibility to disease. However, skin color may offer insights into a person’s geographic ancestry. Scientists theorize that skin color evolved as an adaptive trait linked to the strength of the sun’s ultraviolet rays.

Why is the color of your skin important?

Melanin’s purpose is to protect the skin from the Sun’s harmful UV rays. Ultraviolet radiation can cause skin cancer. Melanin acts as a natural sunscreen by absorbing these UV rays. The more melanin your skin has, the darker your skin will be and the more protection it will have against UV rays.

What is my skin tone?

In natural light, check the appearance of your veins beneath your skin. If your veins appear blue or purple, you have a cool skin tone. If your veins look green or a greenish blue, you have a warm skin tone. If you can’t tell whether or not your veins are green or blue, you probably have a neutral skin tone.

Why are people’s skin colors different?

People have different skin colors mainly because their melanocytes produce different amount and kinds of melanin. The genetic mechanism behind human skin color is mainly regulated by the enzyme tyrosinase, which creates the color of the skin, eyes, and hair shades.

What is the impact of people with the same skin color?

People with the same skin color may have had an unfortunate impact on society in history, but you did not plan a role in the incident. Society has a hard time accepting a non-judgmental way of viewing others. The sad truth is that we do not see the good in the color of skin; we always classify and judge those off of the bad.

What is the relationship between skin color and latitude?

There’s a direct correlation between skin color and latitude. The closer to the Equator, the darker the skin of those populations — the body creates a shield to protect itself from ultraviolet rays. In areas where winters are more extreme, and sunny days are limited — like in Chicago where I live now — a whiter skin helps produce more vitamin D.

Does skin color influence political beliefs and identities?

Given that skin color is connected with attitudes and life outcomes in myriad ways, one would expect it also to be associated with political beliefs and identities. To our knowledge almost no one has examined this expectation.

Why do we have different types of skin?

Science has proven that the different types of skin are a consequence of how our ancestors dealt with sun exposure. However, when we think about race, the first thing that comes to mind is skin color.