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A dark colored pigment that protects from the ultraviolet light is called?

Pigment that protects from the ultraviolet light is called melanin. This is science.


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I think its a tan A sunburn is radiation burned skin damaged by too much ultraviolet radiation from the sun. The skin turns red and becomes painful too touch. A more gradual exposure to the sun or the use of sunscreen allows the skin to start manufacturing melanin which protects the skin from sunburn The melanin make the skin darken to what we refer to as a suntan.


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