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People with high concentrations of the pigment melanin tend to have darker skin.
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Darkening chemical in skin that determines skin color?
Hormones have nothing to do with human skin color. Melanin, a pigment, determines skin color by the amount of it present in the skin. The more melanin, the darker the skin.
What is The substance that gives skin its color is?
Skin gets its color from melanin. The more melanin a person's skin has, the darker their skin will be.
What determines th color of th skin?
The color of skin is primarily determined by the amount of the pigment melanin produced by specialized cells called melanocytes in the skin. The more melanin produced, the darker the skin appears. Various factors such as genetics, sun exposure, and hormonal changes can influence melanin production and thus affect skin color.
The pigment that is largely responsible for skin color is?
Melanin produces skin color.
The pigment melanin and contribute to skin color?
melanin is mainly responsible for the color of skin number of melanin decide the color more the number more darker skin it protect from the sun rays and other foreign substance in white skin less melanin is there
What is the purpose of melanin?
Melanin gives color to your skin and eyes.
What determines skin tone?
melanin. melanin also determines the color of your eyes. the more melanin, the darker the color.
What is the role of the melanin in the skin?
It is what gives your skin color. If you have more melanin in your skin, your skin will be darker, if you have less, your skin will be lighter.
What is the function melanin?
Melanin gives color to the skin, hair, and iris of the eyes. Levels of melanin depend on race and amount of sunlight exposure. Sun exposure increases melanin production - to protect the skin against harmful ultraviolet rays. In addition, hormonal changes can affect melanin production.
What contribe to skin color?
the amount of melanin in your skin
What gives skin color?
Melanin
What two things produce skin color?
Melatonin produces melanin. Melanin is what creates skin pigment (and also eye color, hair color).
