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What is dark pigment of the body called?
The dark pigment of the body is called melanin. Melanin is responsible for determining the color of our skin, hair, and eyes. It helps protect the skin from the damaging effects of the sun's UV radiation.
Is melanin pigment affect animal?
yes melanin pigment effect animals
What is the most important pigment in skin?
melanin v
What does it mean if your body does not produce the pigment melanin?
First of all, pigment melanin is the thing that determines our skin colour (the less pigment melanin, the lighter the skin). So if a body stops making pigment melanin it would mean that your skin cannot get any darker.
Cellular product such as a pigment melanin in skin?
Skin and hair pigment comes from a product made by melanocytes and is called melanin.
What is another word for pigment?
Melanin is the pigment that colors skin. Other words for pigment in general are melanin, tint, color, dye, and hue.
A black pigment found in the epidermis is?
Melanin is the black pigment found in the epidermis. It is produced by melanocytes and provides protection against UV radiation from the sun.
When lightening hair with bleach are you removing melanin or pigment?
You are removing pigment. Melanin produces pigment (colour) so you are taking out the colour. When your naturl colour grows out again you can see that the melanin is still producing the colour.
What is the name of the substance that gives hair and skin its pigment?
The substance that gives hair and skin its pigment is called melanin.
What is the pigment that absorbs sunlight?
Melanin
What pigment is for sun protection?
Melanin
If a human does not have the pigment melanin he or she is?
an albino
