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Original Answer:(pigment. darker colored skin has more pigment)
The color of your skin is determined by the amount of melanin given to you by your parents (genetics). It is found in the epidermis.
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What does DNA do for you?
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) is the genetic instructions contained within the nucleus of your cells. It is the 'blue prints' to create you. It determines your species, gender, eye colour, hair colour, hair type, skin colour, size, height, etc. Without DNA you could not exist.
What does it mean if your body does not produce the pigment melanin?
First of all, pigment melanin is the thing that determines our skin colour (the less pigment melanin, the lighter the skin). So if a body stops making pigment melanin it would mean that your skin cannot get any darker.
What determines skin color in animals?
No
Why do some people have the same skin colour as their parent and others skin colour different from their parent?
it depends on your gene. there are dominant and recessive gene present. and for skin colour, bright colour are dominant over dark colour. if the both the parent are bright skin colour but the children is dark skin colour. there are possibilities where the recessive gene present in one or both parent. under certain circumstances the recessive gene will show its trait instead of the dominant gene. that's why some parent skin colour is different from the childrens' skin colour
How do you improve the skin colour?
By hydration of skin
What is the world's easiest question?
what colour skin is your skin? This is the easiest question coz you know what colour your skin is. U can see it.
What determines a persons race?
their skin color
What pigment determine skin color?
The pigment which determines skin color is melanin.
Does dark skin colour attract more heat than fairer skin colour?
No, unless you are an amphibian
what color is Frankie's skin?
what colour is Frankie's skin
What can be inherited?
eye colour, hair colour, language spoken, skin colour and others
Can be inherited?
eye colour, hair colour, language spoken, skin colour and others
