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How does your skin get its color?
from melanin, a pigment produced by melanocyte cells inthe skin.
What gives skin and hair their coloring?
Melanin is the color pigment that is produced in the skin and hair and it gives them their color.
What pigment determine skin color?
The pigment which determines skin color is melanin.
What causes skin color?
the pigment in your skin
What brown pigment determints skin colors?
What brown pigment determines skin color
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.
Variation in human skin color is an example of what?
Skin color is a polygenic trait. A polygenic trait is one that is controlled by multiple genes. Each gene for skin color deposits no pigment, some pigment, or lots of pigment. The additive effect of the deposited pigment from each gene for skin color results in a whole spectrum (continuum) of color. Also, skin color is affected by the environment, which further increases the variation in human skin color.
Why is my skin colored?
Heritity dictates your skin color melanin is what makes the pigment(color)
Are greater amounts of pigment carotene produced when the skin is exposed to the sun?
No, the correct term would be melanin.
The pigment that is largely responsible for skin color is?
Melanin produces skin color.
What is the term for pigment or color substance that gives skin its color?
melanin
What chemical allows your skin to change color?
the pigment
