Color homogeneity and visual perception of age, health, and attractiveness of female facial skin.

Background: Evolutionary psychology suggests that skin signals aspects of mate value, yet only limited empirical evidence exists for this assertion.

Objectives: We sought to study the relationship between perception of skin condition and homogeneity of color/chromophore distribution.

Methods: Cropped skin cheek images from 170 girls and women (11-76 years) were blind-rated for attractiveness, healthiness, youthfulness, and biological age by 353 participants.