High correlation between skin color based on CIELAB color space, epidermal melanocyte ratio, and melanocyte melanin content

Abstract

We found that <i>L</i>* value was correlated with the value obtained from multiplying the epidermal melanocyte ratio (R) and melanin content (M) and that this correlation was more significant than either <i>L</i>* vs M or <i>L</i>* vs R. This suggests that more accurate prediction of skin color can be achieved by considering both R and M. Therefore, precise skin color match in treating vitiligo or burn patients would be potentially achievable based on extensive collection of skin data from people of Asian descent.