Skin Colors Around The World
Human skin color is quite variable around the world.
Skin colors around the world. Kids can express themselves and kids everywhere with this diverse line. Skin tone variation among humans. Crayola launches colors of the world crayons to match skin tones crayola partnered with a former make up chemist to make sure the crayons accurately represented more than 40 global skin tones. Based on objective elements this mapping makes it possible to adapt cosmetic products to the expectations of different consumers for example in the different foundation shades available or in evaluating the effectiveness of skin care products.
Measures of skin reflectance a way to quantify skin color by measuring the amount of light it reflects in people around the world support this idea. Photo courtesy of national geographic sarah leen. An individual s skin pigmentation is the result of genetics being the product of both of the individual s biological parents genetic makeup and exposure to sun in evolution skin pigmentation in human beings evolved by a process of natural selection primarily to regulate the amount of ultraviolet radiation. In this manner they were able to establish a veritable geography of skin colors around the world.
While uv rays can cause skin cancer because skin cancer usually affects people after they have had children it likely had little effect on the evolution of skin color because evolution favors. Earlier this week crayola launched a new pack of specially formulated colors of the world crayons designed to mirror and represent over 40 global skin tones across the world. A new version of the felix von luschan skin color chart. Learn about crayola colors of the world products including multicultural crayons skin tone markers other coloring sets and supplies.
It ranges from a very dark brown among some africans australian aborigine s and melanesians to a near yellowish pink among some n orth ern europeans. Our world skin tone chart is a modernized version of the felix von luschan skin color chart. Understanding the spread of modern human populations relies on the identification of genetic markers. The 135 year old arts and crafts behemoth developed 24 new colors of the world crayons designed to represent over 40 skin tones across the world said the company in a press release.
Unfortunately he was accused by some sections of society. There are no people who actually have true black white red or yellow skin. The dna of all people around the world contains a record of how living populations are related to one another and how far back those genetic relationships go.