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Why is skin the color it is?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Skin color depends on the amount of melanin in the skin. Melanin is a pigment that helps protect skin cells form the sun and makes the skin darker or lighter. Those who have albinism have either very little melanin or none at all.

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16y ago

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