Things that affect Skin color

Question 1

What are 3 factors that affect skin color?

Answer 1

Hereditary, Environmental, Physiological

Question 2

How do Hereditary Factors affect skin color?

Answer 2

mutation in melanin genes like in albinos

people same number of melanocytes but vary in the amount of melanin produced

Question 3

What are some Environmental Factors affect skin color?

Answer 3

Sunlight
UV Light from sunlamps/ tanning beds
X-ray

Question 4

What are some Physiological Factors that affect the skin color and how?

Answer 4

When you blush oxygen into blood of dermal blood vessels: pinkish, Cyanosis

Jaundice (yellowing) this is because of liver probles, and ect.