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what is the name of the cell which colour to our skin and why does our skin becomes darker in complaction when we go in sun?

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The cells which give colour to our skin are melanocytes. These melanocytes produce a pigment called melanin. When we expose to the sun, melanocytes starts producing more melanin pigment which results in the tanning of our skin and our skin becomes darker in complection.


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