• Question: what makes peoples skind different colour

    Asked by maxalvers007 to Faye, Martin, Mus, Pete on 24 Apr 2012. This question was also asked by tommio.
    • Photo: Pete Etchells

      Pete Etchells answered on 24 Apr 2012:

      There’s a substance called melanin in your skin, which is what gives it colour. The amount, and type, of melanin that you have in your skin is controlled by different types of genes, which you inherit from your parents. There are lots of different combinations of these genes, which is why we get so many different types of skin colour!

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