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What determines the color of skin, and what is the process that darkens skin when it is exposed to uv light?.
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What determines the color of skin, and what is the process that darkens skin when it is exposed to uv light?.

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Melanin. When skin is exposed to UV light it is forced to produce for melanin- which generates more color- or a “tan”
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