Study : Spaniards not darker than other europeans

[Matritensis]

I don't know,but I'm definitely darker than 99% of Finns!
Or maybe it's only that Finns are lighter than most Europeans(which is true...at least when you take into account the colour of the hair)

[Comte Arnau]

I've been mentioning that study for a long time now, mainly because it's the only serious study I've read about pigmentation, away from the simplistic personal observations of many authors. It is a real pity that only samples from northern Spain were taken, and that there are no samples from other Southern countries.

And it was also wise to do it in parts that are less exposed to the sun. The difference of tone between winter and summer is quite evident in the south, but I agree with Tabiti that, even if the unexposed skin may be light both in the north and the south, most in the north have a pink shade while in the south it is rather a wax shade.

[Grumpy Cat]

They needed a study to figure this out?

All they have to do is look.

[Wulfhere]

It honestly doesn't matter - no amount of scientific "proof" will remove the fact that Spaniards look greasy and swarthy.

[Beorn]

Sorry Wulfhere, but for the love of all that is English can you please stop saying this shit?

[poiuytrewq0987]

It honestly doesn't matter - no amount of scientific "proof" will remove the fact that Spaniards look greasy and swarthy.

Go fuck off.

[Wulfhere]

Sorry Wulfhere, but for the love of all that is English can you please stop saying this shit?

Sometimes the truth hurts.

[poiuytrewq0987]

Sometimes the truth hurts.

Not quite, there are plenty of light-skinned, haired, eyed Spaniards just as there are plenty of dark-looking Spaniards. You're wrong to generalize them.

[Wulfhere]

Not quite, there are plenty of light-skinned, haired, eyed Spaniards just as there are plenty of dark-looking Spaniards. You're wrong to generalize them.

I'm not just talking about the skin tone, but the general look of them. Would you let your daughter marry a negro? Well I wouldn't let mine marry a Spaniard or a southern European of any sort.

[Beorn]

Sometimes the truth hurts.

When it is the truth, aye, but this is just xenobhobic nonsense which does more damage to the flag you fly than the person.

If Spaniards are greasy and swarthy then count me in as one.