ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Skin color is determined by a pigment (melanin) made by specialized cells in the skin (melanocytes). The amount and type of melanin determines a person’s skin color.

Detailed explanation-2: -Melanin is a natural pigment that gives your skin its color. It’s produced in cells called melanocytes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Your skin gets its color from a pigment called melanin. Special cells in the skin make melanin.

Detailed explanation-4: -Melanin is a natural skin pigment. Hair, skin, and eye color in people and animals mostly depends on the type and amount of melanin they have. Special skin cells called melanocytes make melanin.

Detailed explanation-5: -Skin color is a blend resulting from the skin chromophores red (oxyhaemoglobin), blue (deoxygenated haemoglobin), yellow-orange (carotene, an exogenous pigment), and brown (melanin).