RGB number for skin tones

[aussichef]

Does anyone have a files or artical that can give me the numbers for different skin tone colors
I have just downloaded & watched a podcast that delt with numbers for differnt aged & ethnic people eg young children, older children, middle aged adults, fair skined males , suntanned adults asin chinldren & so on
If a file or artical exists i would appreciate a copy or link
warren

[NikonUser]

I'm certainly no expert but I'd hazard a guess to say no such document exists...

Surely every persons skin is different?

Paul

[moz]

Surely every persons skin is different?

Nah, mine's the same pasty white colour pretty much all over.

[Steffen]

I, too, doubt that there is such a table. Correct skin tones can only be judged on the output (display monitor, print-out) that interpret the RGB values in their specific ways. You'd have to consider the output device's colour profile (at least), which means that different RGB values can lead to the same tone on different output devices.

Also, skin tones are always created by reflecting light, therefore the quality of the light (esp its colour temperature) has a big impact. A warmer set of RGB values can still be viewed as "correct" or seemingly neutral if it matches the colour temperature of the rest of the image.

Finally, "correct" tones much depend on what the eye is accustomed to. If you work all day long on a monitor that's been calibrated around a gray point of 9300K, then coming home to a 6500K monitor makes everything look orange.

Cheers
Steffen.

[Matt. K]

You're welcome.

[Steffen]

 LOL Matt, these charts are the perfect argument why no such charts can exist

Cheers
Steffen.

[Yi-P]

Skin tone at 0, 0, 0 RGB???

[Bodak]

To back up what Steffen has said have a read
http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorial ... htmlteffen

[huynhie]

Matt, where's the yellow skin on that chart?

[ABG]

Was this the article you read Warren? It deals with pleasing skin tones. PS. Your link isn't working Bodak

[MCWB]

PS. Your link isn't working Bodak

http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorial ... ntone.html

[Matt. K]

The colour charts are not much use for photographers. I have never used them. A far more valuable tool might be to sample skintones from actual photographs using the eye dropper in Photoshop and collecting them to produce your own colour charts. The colours in the original post are mosty for the use of graphic artists. As others have mentioned...skin colour is infinitly variable.