Olive skin

Olive skin


Olive skin describes a skin color range of some indigenous individuals who are from the Mediterranean and some other parts of Europe, Middle East and regions of South Asia, Southeast Asia and Central Asia.[1] It may often be skin type 3 and 4 on the Fitzpatrick scale. [2] However, this scale measures depth of skin color and reaction to UV rays, not hue of skin color. Depth of skin color refers to where it falls on a tints and shades or light/dark scale, and hue is the base of the color (i.e. red, yellow, blue). Olive skin is when skin has a mostly yellow hue with touches of blue, essentially producing a green-yellow hue to the skin. Therefore, fair skin can have an olive hue, and some olive-skinned people may burn easily in the sun if they are also fair.[3]

Named for its green and gold undertones (the color of an olive), it refers to a cool, earthy skin tone.[4] People with olive skin may have any hair color or eye color. In olive-skinned people who are naturally fair, the skin is pale, but a slight olive hue remains. This distinguishing aspect of the skin type is what contributes to its name and differentiates it from other skin types.

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.skincare-news.com/a-2571-Spotlight_on_Skincare_Caucasian.aspx
  2. ^ http://www.tanningfacts.com/your_skin_type
  3. ^ http://sweetarchivia.blogspot.com/2009/09/lighter-side-of-olive-skin-tones.html
  4. ^ http://www.beauty-and-nutrition.com/skin_tone_makeup_foundation.html

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