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Different colour predictions of facial preference by Caucasian and Chinese observers.
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- Skin Colour Does Not Define Ethnicity: Quantifying Variation and Overlap Across Diverse Populations.Skin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI) · 2026Article
- The International Skin Spectra Archive (ISSA): a multicultural human skin phenotype and colour spectra collection.Scientific data · 2025Article
- Sexual Dimorphism: The Interrelation of Shape and Color.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Article
- Cross-cultural perception of strength, attractiveness, aggressiveness and helpfulness of Maasai male faces calibrated to handgrip strength.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Predicting Facial Attractiveness from Colour Cues: A New Analytic Framework.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Facial Skin Aging Characteristics of the Old-Perceived Age in a 20-40 Years Old Chinese Female Population.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2024Article
- Let's put a smile on that face-A positive facial expression improves aesthetics of portrait photographs.Royal Society open science · 2023Article
- An investigation of the influence of skin colour on the perception of femininity, masculinity and likeable.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Facial colour characteristics convey vital personal information and influence social interactions and mate choices as contributing factors to perceived beauty, health, and age. How various colour characteristics affect facial preference and whether there are cultural differences are not fully understood. Here, we provide a useful and repeatable methodology for skin colour research based on a realistic skin model to investigate the effect of various facial colour characteristics on facial preference and compare the role of colour predictors in Caucasian (CA) and Chinese (CN) samples. Our results show that, although the average skin colour of facial areas plays a limited role, together with colour variation and contrast, there are stronger links between colour and facial preference than previously revealed. We also find large cultural differences in facial colour perceptions; Chinese observers tend to rely more heavily on colour and lightness cues to judge facial preference than Caucasian observers.
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