Many ethnicities have different colored skin. For example, African-Americans have very dark skin, while Mexicans have pretty dark skin, but not that dark.
Humans can also have white skin, which can also be known as Caucasian.
Skin color.
Phenotype
It is extremely common for humans to have no earlobe to speak of . . . it is hereditary just like eye color or skin color.
The variations in human skin color is controled by the amount of melanin within the epidermis or outer layer of skin. Albinos, or persons with little or no melanin in their skin, have very pale, pinkish skin, regardless of the skin color of their parents.
Sunlight (sun's UV radiation) is the major environmental factor that affects skin color in humans. Skin pigmentation (melanin) is responsible for skin color and it evolves primarily to regulate the amount of ultraviolet radiation penetrating the skin.
amount of sunlight absorbed :)
Skin color, height, weight
The first humans were likely dark-skinned, but the specific skin color of the very first humans is not definitively known.
You cannot get black, but are born that color or not. People can have very dark skin color, just as people can have very light and pale skin color; humans range in various shades and tones.
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The pink color of human skin is caused by the presence of blood vessels near the surface of the skin. These blood vessels contain red blood cells that give the skin its pink hue. Additionally, the pigment melanin in the skin can also affect its color.
His skin is light green in color. As is his blood, because it is copper based, instead of iron based, which is why humans blood is red.