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OCR: SKIN COLOR HE COLOR of your skin depends protects you against the harmful effects on how much m elanin IS present in of the sun ultraviolet rays. If you are outer layer the epidermis Melanin often in strong sunlight. you will have pigment or coloring, produced by dark skin because of the amount of special cells in the epidermis. Melanin melanin needed to protect rou FAIR SKIN There only small amount Epidermis of melanin present in fair Outer layer skin This means that the of skin epidermis 15 quite transparent, allowing the rosy color of the red blood cells below show through The result is the pinkish glow common to fair skin. An increase in mela nin levels can cause suntan Melanin Blood vessels DARK SHIN FAIR SKIN increas