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  2. Human skin color - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 January 2025. "Skin pigmentation" redirects here. For animal skin pigmentation, see Biological pigment. Extended Coloured family from South Africa showing some spectrum of human skin coloration Human skin color ranges from the darkest brown to the lightest hues. Differences in skin color among ...

  3. African-American beauty - Wikipedia

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    Racialized perspectives on beauty which led to lighter skin tones being considered desirable characteristics by different groups including African Americans can be traced back to slavery. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The view of lighter skin tones as the ideal beauty standard are linked to colorism , which affects African Americans perceptions of themselves ...

  4. Color terminology for race - Wikipedia

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    The physical appearance of each type is briefly described, including colour adjectives referring to skin and hair colour: rufus "red" and pilis nigris "black hair" for Americans, albus "white" and pilis flavescentibus "yellowish hair" for Europeans, luridus "yellowish, sallow", pilis nigricantibus "swarthy hair" for Asians, and niger "black ...

  5. Dark skin - Wikipedia

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    A woman with dark skin. Dark skin is a type of human skin color that is rich in melanin pigments. [1] [2] [3] People with dark skin are often referred to as black people, [4] although this usage can be ambiguous in some countries where it is also used to specifically refer to different ethnic groups or populations. [5] [6] [7] [8]

  6. Black hair - Wikipedia

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    Generally, the East Asian, Central Asian and Native American population has straight hair with a very thick cuticle layer [5] and South Asians have thick, wavy or curly hair, [6] while the general hair type seen in black African hair is thick, curly and dense with more hair growing from the head. The curly quality comes from the shape of the ...

  7. Category:Human skin color - Wikipedia

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    Discrimination based on skin tone (1 C, 27 P) Disturbances of human pigmentation (1 C, 119 P) L. Light skin (2 C, 8 P) S. ... Pages in category "Human skin color"

  8. Afro-Mexicans - Wikipedia

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    The second type were amulatados or amembrillados of lighter skin color, when compared with other Blacks and were distinguishable by their yellow skin tones. [ 12 ] The demand for slaves came in the early colonial period, especially between 1580 and 1640, when the indigenous population declined due to new infectious diseases. [ 13 ]

  9. Discrimination based on skin tone - Wikipedia

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    Mexicans with the lightest skin tones complete an average of 11 years of schooling, while dark-skinned Mexicans finish an average of 5.3 years of school. A maximal change in skin tone, from lightest to darkest, is associated with a decrease of almost 6 years of schooling, a 51.8% reduction in education. [76]