Examples in the Old World where a more southern group is fairer than a more northern group

[Tooting Carmen]

Lolz pure BS.

A Finnish Girl: Attachment 126910

A Maltese Woman: Attachment 126911

There are some very dark types in Malta and other countries in far Southern Europe, yes, but the average isn't as extreme as that.

[Kess]

There are some very dark types in Malta and other countries in far Southern Europe, yes, but the average isn't as extreme as that.

So If we put Sicilians into Finland, they would just blend in by your logic.

[Tooting Carmen]

So If we put Sicilians into Finland, they would just blend in by your logic.

No of course not, though some individuals would. A regular far Southern European woman would be more like Sophia Loren, Claudia Cardinale, Monica Bellucci, Paz Vega, Blanca Suarez or Carmen Maura, not that Maltese woman you posted.

[majevica]

Finns, Swedes and Norwegians vs. Saami

[Tooting Carmen]

Finns, Swedes and Norwegians vs. Saami

Yes very true.

[ecptr]

Moroccans, Algerians, Tunisians look more exotic than Levantines.

[Melkiirs]

Skin colour differences between Europeans are not that big. (Even the difference between Finns and Maltese is not as severe in this respect as one might think). It is discrepancies in average hair and eye colour that are more pronounced, and I can assure you that Germans are definitely blonder than Britons, even if not quite at Scandinavian levels either.

Would it still make sense to you if the British have lighter average hair color than Southern Germans given the higher frequency of very swarthy individuals among the later? Beddoe‘s Index of Nigrescence = D + 2N − R − F where dark brown to black shades raise in index and shades lighter than neutral chestnut (including reds) lower the index.

[Tooting Carmen]

Would it still make sense to you if the British have lighter average hair color than Southern Germans given the higher frequency of very swarthy individuals among the later? Beddoe‘s Index of Nigrescence = D + 2N − R − F where dark brown to black shades raise in index and shades lighter than neutral chestnut (including reds) lower the index.

Southern Germans are more, well, Germanic and les brunet than some claim.

[Septentrion]

(1) Germans vs British. Despite having a more southerly latitude, Germans are blonder than the British by around 10-15 percentage points.
(2) Gulf Arabs vs Pakistanis. Pakistan is actually to the north of Yemen, Oman and even much of Saudi Arabia, yet aside from some Iranic groups, Pakistanis are certainly darker than Saudis and at least equally dark as Yemenis.

*Disagree concerning the Germans vs the British. Unless we separate Northern Germany from the entire Germany, then one can say that Northern Germany's blonder-haired than Britain. Northern Germany is about the same latitude as a good part of Southern and Eastern England. Germany isn't blonder-haired. Don't confuse Germany with the Netherlands. It's the Netherlands that is overall blonder-haired than Britain, lying at the same latitude as Southeastern England. The Netherlands and Germany are not equally blond as some trolls on these sites want to make us believe. They are not identical either. They do share some resemblance (Germanic people). Anyway, the term "fairer" cannot apply here. With the only exception of the Irish, the British are the reddest-haired and fairest-skinned of Europe. Germans, even Northern Germans are not as blond as Scandinavians or Balts either. The British are lighter-eyed than Germans, Belgians, Luxembourgers, French, Swiss, Austrians, Czechs, Slovaks, Poles, Ukrainians, Russians and Southern Europeans.

* You could have used Switzerland vs France. As a whole, one can that the Swiss are "fairer than the French. Due to the fact that the Swiss have an overall higher rate of blonde or light hair, blue or light eyes than French. Despite the fact that a good part of France lays north of Switzerland.

[Kess]

No of course not, though some individuals would. A regular far Southern European woman would be more like Sophia Loren, Claudia Cardinale, Monica Bellucci, Paz Vega, Blanca Suarez or Carmen Maura, not that Maltese woman you posted.

Some? I'd say only few. Even some NW Europeans would stand out among Scandos.