[Skin photophysics and colors].

Rev Med Liege

CHU du Sart Tilman, Service de Dermatopathologie, Liège.

Published: July 2005

The optical properties of skin and of chromophores orientate and absorbe light. The resulting skin colour can be assessed by visual inspection or by objective methods. Spectrophotometry, tristimulus colorimetry and computerized image analysis are well codified methods. Epidermal melanisation is detected with great sensitivity under ultraviolet light illumination.

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