Friday 22 January 2010

Our skin of four colours

All skin, without colouring, would appear creamy white. Near-surface blood vessels add a blush of red. A yellow pigment also tints the canvas. Lastly, sepia-toned melanin, created in response to ultraviolet rays, appears black in large amounts. These four hues mix in different proportions to create the skin colours of all the peoples of Earth.
So be you from Haiti or Helsinki, its all just a slightly different mix of the same stuff.

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