Synonyms for melanin
ˈmɛl ə nɪnmelanin

Princeton's WordNet

1. melaninnoun

   insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers

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1. • Animal Pigment

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1. Shuting Hu:

   The color of our skin is determined by melanin, which is produced by melanocyte, a type of skin cell. Everyone has different numbers of melanocytes, and that's why we have different skin colors, it's impossible to change your gene or race, so there is a natural limit to whitening effects that you can achieve through using skin care products.

2. Christen Kuikoua:

   Who told you black isn't beautiful? They spoke ignorance, but I know the truth lies in the depths of our history, culture, and the undeniable strength of our melanin-rich skin.

3. David Fisher:

   My suspicion is, at the end of the day, because darkly-pigmented humans can still sunburn like crazy, melanin is not like a roof over your head. So it only has a certain amount of efficacy, so I'm not shocked that the increase was modest.

4. Franklin Thomas:

   One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender instead of the unique identities of each of us as complex human beings.

5. Joe Rogan:

   Unless Joe Rogan're talking to someone who is like 100 % African, from the darkest place, where they're not wearing any clothes all day, and they've developed all that melanin to protect themselves from the sun, Joe Rogan know, even the term' Black' is weird.