Question

The skin colour is basically determined by the amount of melanin in the skin.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A

True

Melanin is produced within the skin in cells called melanocytes and it is the main determinant of the skin colour of darker-skinned humans. The skin colour of people with light skin is determined mainly by the bluish-white connective tissue under the dermis and by the haemoglobin circulating in the veins of the dermis.