Skin Type Skin Color Characteristics White; very fair; red or blond hair; blue eyes; freckles Always burns, never tans White; fair; red or blond hair; blue, hazel or green eyes Usually burns, tans with difficulty Cream white; fair with any eye or hair color; very common Sometimes mild burn, gradually tans Brown; typical Mediterranean Caucasian skin Rarely burns, tans with ease Dark brown; Middle Eastern skin types Very rarely burns, tans very easily Never burns, tans very easily
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