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What pigments contribute to skin color?
melanin and carotene Carotene Melanin The chemical is called melanin.
What are melanin and keratin?
Melanin and carotene are skin pigments that help block damaging rays from the sun. The more of these pigments in the skin the greater the protection.
What pigments in your skin help protect you?
melanin.
Is the components of hemoglobin pigments or melanin?
Heme part of hemoglobin is pigmented part.
What kind of skin provides a natural sunscreen?
melanin provides a natural sunscreen to the skin This is science related not cosmetic
What two pigments contribute to skin color?
Melanin and carotene
The pigments melanin and what contribute to skin color?
The pigments melanin and carotene contribute to skin color. Carotene is found in foods such as carrots, sweet potatoes, apricots, spinach and broccoli.
What is primary pigments contained in the epidermis are?
The primary pigments contained in the epidermis are melanin, carotene, and hemoglobin. Melanin is responsible for skin color, carotene gives a yellow-orange hue, and hemoglobin contributes to the red tones in the skin.
What can happen if you swallow sunscreen?
It can change your bodies melanin causing an eventual negrosis.
What pigment provides a natural sunscreen?
The pigment that provides a natural sunscreen is melanin, which is produced by cells in the skin called melanocytes. Melanin helps protect the skin from the damaging effects of UV radiation by absorbing and scattering the UV rays to prevent them from causing harm to the skin cells.
What are the three pigments of color to skin?
melanin and caroteneB:Skin color is determined by the relative presence of Melanin pigment, Carotene pigment and the extent to which the blood is oxygenated
Why does hair turn white or gray?
because there are pigments in your hair that contain melanin, which gives your hair its color. Overtime, these pigments die off, and there are only few pigments to make melanin. When your hair runs out melanin is doesn't make any color. Therefore, itstead of a color, your hair becomes a transparent color such has gray, silver, or white.
