What is melanin

Melanin (noun) is a skin pigment (substance that gives the skin its color). Dark-skinned people have more melanin. ChaCha!

Also called pigment, melanin is a substance that gives the skin and hair its natural color.

Melanin is any of various black, dark brown, reddish-brown, or yellow pigments of animal or plant structures, as skin or hair. Cha

Melanin is insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers. Thanks for doing the ChaCha!