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  • noun A dark brown pigment related to melanin

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Examples

  • Melanin comes in TWO delicious flavours: eumelanin, which is dark brown or black, and pheomelanin, which is reddish yellow.

    Archive 2009-02-01 The Verger 2009

  • Melanin comes in TWO delicious flavours: eumelanin, which is dark brown or black, and pheomelanin, which is reddish yellow.

    paraphenylenediamine rhymes with ... The Verger 2009

  • Skin tone is created by special cells that produce different types of melanin, such as eumelanin, which are naturally occurring pigments that absorb ultraviolet radiation and release it as heat, protecting the body from its harmful effects.

    Sharon Moalem: Mr. Tall Dark and Handsome 2009

  • Your exact hair colour is determined by how much of two pigments, eumelanin and phomelanin, are present.

    The old gray hair, she ain’t what she used to be ewillett 2009

  • Your exact hair colour is determined by how much of two pigments, eumelanin and phomelanin, are present.

    The old gray hair, she ain’t what she used to be ewillett 2009

  • The genes that code for lots of eumelanin and not much phomelanin are generally dominant, and so the default for humans around the world is brown hair (and brown eyes, for much the same reason).

    What's up (scientifically) with hair? Edward Willett 2006

  • Your hair colour is basically determined by how much of two pigments, eumelanin and phomelanin, you have in your hair.

    What's up (scientifically) with hair? Edward Willett 2006

  • Your hair colour is basically determined by how much of two pigments, eumelanin and phomelanin, you have in your hair.

    Archive 2006-02-26 Edward Willett 2006

  • The genes that code for lots of eumelanin and not much phomelanin are generally dominant, and so the default for humans around the world is brown hair (and brown eyes, for much the same reason).

    Archive 2006-02-26 Edward Willett 2006

  • Ali, who trains blacks in a new science he developed that teaches them how they can use their 'distinctive' eumelanin to reradiate ultraviolet light and focus it on whites for the purpose of giving whites skin cancers carcinomas, sarcomas and melanomas, visited Cincinnati to champion Webster and to institute a branch of his science here in the city.

    Is Aaron McGruder Done With Boondocks Nathaniel Livingston 2006

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