Measurement of skin colors of world population and its application for preparing make-up products

Sadaki Takata; Makio Akimoto; Kiyoshi Kawada; Motoji Takahashi; Shigenori Kumagai

doi:10.1117/12.464693

6 June 2002 Measurement of skin colors of world population and its application for preparing make-up products

Sadaki Takata, Makio Akimoto, Kiyoshi Kawada, Motoji Takahashi, Shigenori Kumagai

Proceedings Volume 4421, 9th Congress of the International Colour Association; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.464693
Event: 9th Congress of the International Color Association, 2001, Rochester, NY, United States

Abstract

We attempted to analyze the skin color of women from the world using identical apparatuses and under identical conditions. The data was used for developing cosmetic products. The skin colors of a total of 1703 women over the world were measured to clarify the characteristics of skin color. Skin color measurement was done by using a spectrometric colorimeter. We modified the conventional erythema and melanin indices and established new respective indices which can reflect various spectral information of whole visible region. The present results were used to design new cosmetics in consideration of the optical properties of skin.

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Sadaki Takata, Makio Akimoto, Kiyoshi Kawada, Motoji Takahashi, and Shigenori Kumagai "Measurement of skin colors of world population and its application for preparing make-up products", Proc. SPIE 4421, 9th Congress of the International Colour Association, (6 June 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.464693

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