Melanin
Melanin
The pigment melanin gives color to human skin, hair, and eyes. Melanin is produced by specialized cells called melanocytes and helps protect the skin from harmful UV rays.
The color of human skin depends on the levels of all of these:Melanin: It is brown in color and present in the germinative zone of the epidermis.Melanoid: It resembles melanin but is present diffusely throughout the epidermis.Keratin: This pigment is yellow to orange in color.Hemoglobin: It is found in blood and is not a pigment of the skin but develops a purple color.Oxyhemoglobin: It is also found in blood and is not a pigment of the skin. It develops a red color.Your parentage and genetics will impact what some of those levels are.
By a buildup of pigment cells which determine skin color.
from melanin, a pigment produced by melanocyte cells inthe skin.
epidermis
The pigment of the skin is called melatonin.
Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that grows from pigment cells. They often occur in moles or other parts of the skin. Nonmelanoma comes from any portions of the skin except pigment cells.
The pigment is melanin.
malanin is the skin pigment that protects your skin from the damage of the sun. the more malanin in your skin the darker your skin is when ppl sunbathe their skin goes brown this is their skin producing malanin in response to the harmfull uv rays for protection
Melanin is the substance that gives skin and hair its pigment. It is produced by melanocytes, specialized cells located in the epidermis of the skin and in hair follicles.