Skin types | Sun history | Example |
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I | Always burns easily, never tans, extremely sensitive skin | Red-headed, freckled, Celtic, Irish-Scots |
II | Always burns easily, tans minimally, very sensitive skin | Fair-skinned, fair-haired, blue-eyed Caucasians |
III | Sometimes burns, tans gradually to light brown, sun-sensitive skin | Average-skinned Caucasians, light-skinned Asians |
IV | Burns minimally, always tans to moderate brown, minimally sun-sensitive | Mediterranean-type Caucasians |
V | Rarely burns, tans well, sun-insensitive skin | Middle Easterners, some Hispanics, some African-Americans |
VI | Never burns, deeply pigmented, sun-insensitive skin | African-Americans |