Talk:Human skin color/Archives/2010/October

Upper classes of a society generally tend to develop a lighter complexion than the lower classes by sexual selection

"higher-ranking men get to marry the perceived more attractive women, the upper classes of a society generally tend to develop a lighter complexion than the lower classes by sexual selection (see also Fisherian runaway)."

There is something to that effect about certain countries whose rulers who kept harems but there is nothing to say that it that it occurs generally in societies that the upper classes of a society develop a lighter complexion than the lower classes by sexual selection in the referenced 'Fair Women, Dark Men: The Forgotten Roots of Color Prejudice', At least not as I recall. Please give the page where it can be foundOveragainst (talk) 18:40, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

I think this is a reference to the Roman Empire. The olive colored Roman men (Romans believed they were superior to the paler Germanic/Celtic people) allegedly began marrying the Northern Europeans with paler skin and that caused the ruling elites to have a much lighter skin complexion over several generations of it than the general Roman populace.

Why don't you make a clear list of the SKIN COLORS with the colors names? This article is about skin color and I only can see long genetics refference that looks more like an anthropologic magazine article. [[1]] got a color list, but they have no names. Why don't you put the names of those colors and put the list at the beggining of the article. Because it's like talking about the taste sense and the cultural relevance without explaining the basic tastes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Saigo Tenshi (talk • contribs) 01:30, 27 October 2010 (UTC)