"Our approach involved genome-wide association studies of skin color from more than 1,500 eastern and southern African individuals as well as scanning the genome to identify genetic variants that are ...

When a baby is born, they may have red, purple, yellow, or blue skin. Skin color variations in babies do not usually signify an underlying condition, but some skin colors in babies can be the result ...

Majorities of Latinos say discrimination is worse and getting ahead is harder for Hispanics with darker skin, but about 80 percent see themselves as having lighter skin, a Pew Research Center poll ...

In 1821, the Scottish Painter Patrick Syme described European skin as “flesh red.” In 1795, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach described the skin of the “Mongolian race” as “the color of sucked out and dried ...