Light skin
Human skin color
Summary
Light skin is a human skin color that has a low level of eumelanin pigmentation as an adaptation to environments of low UV radiation. Due to migrations of people in recent centuries, light-skinned populations today are found all over the world. Light skin is most commonly found amongst the native populations of Europe, East Asia, West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, Siberia, and North Africa as measured through skin reflectance. People with light skin pigmentation are often referred to as "white", but the majority of countries officially categorize people by ethnic or national origin and not by perceived skin tone. Furthermore, definitions and perceptions of "ethnicity" or "race" vary greatly from country to country.
Originally created by Dbachmann
1/12/2008, 12:27:09 PM
Modified
5/9/2026, 3:57:44 PM
Recent revisions
/* Ancient Populations */ sentence case
/* Polar regions, vitamin D, and diet */ uppercase per direct link (British Isles)
Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1350823445|1350823445]] by [[Special:Contributions/~2026-25012-37|~2026-25012-37]] ([[User talk:~2026-25012-37|talk]])
"South Asia" 😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭 you've got to be kidding me 😭😭
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Unnecessary and inaccurate bits removed to avoid misinformation.
Image removed doesn't represent the actual sin color of people in the region, is is already a very whitewashed and edited image
Inaccurate information, that picture is edited and whitewashed to manipulate people into believing that East Asians are more lighter skin than they actually are.
Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1342547644|1342547644]] by [[Special:Contributions/~2026-15038-53|~2026-15038-53]] ([[User talk:~2026-15038-53|talk]]) Please don't start an edit war. This image is a core part of the article and has been present for several years.
removed an inaccurate image that is does't accurately portrays the difference between European skin pigmentation evolution that is way more different than the biological evolution that took place among East Asians. and the source that backed the previous claim seemed to unintentionally misleading
Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1342533769|1342533769]] by [[Special:Contributions/~2026-15217-45|~2026-15217-45]] ([[User talk:~2026-15217-45|talk]]) I personally took the image, it was not edited. Koreans and other East Asians naturally do have light skin as documented by many sources in the article. This image should not be taken down again.
Removed an image that seems highly edited and filtered to make the korean people look very light skin than they actually are . It didn't portray the real complexion of korean people who have naturally olive skin , and not as light as the the image portrayed.
This image made in 2005. Nowadays, it changed.
/* Evolution */ Fixed typo
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