Fitzpatrick scale

English Etymology Developed in 1975 by Thomas B. Fitzpatrick, a Harvard dermatologist. Proper noun 1 A numerical classification schema for human skin color. en 2023 w:Joy Buolamwini Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines Random House 9780593241844 121 https://books.google.com/books?id=NfsWEQAAQBAJ&pg=PA121&dq=%22Fitzpatrick+scale%22&hl=&cd=8&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Fitzpatrick%20scale%22&f=false The Fitzpatrick scale was based not on color alone, but on how skin responds to UV radiation from sunlight. This factor meant that skin type, while linked to skin color, had more elements at play, namely different kinds of melanin cells. en 2024 Chris Shei; James Schnell Visual Language and Mind Engineering: The Case of Multicultural Emojis Amin Heidari The Routledge Handbook of Language and Mind Engineering Taylor & Francis 9781040025376 https://books.google.com/books?id=lt7_EAAAQBAJ&pg=RA8-PT156&dq=%22Fitzpatrick+scale%22&hl=&cd=4&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Fitzpatrick%20scale%22&f=false Following a 1972 Australian study on skin burning, Harvard medical pioneer Thomas B. Fitzpatrick created the Fitzpatrick scale. Since the Fitzpatrick scale is a scientific resource, the Unicode Consortium adopted it in its diversity representation. It was a way for them to avoid probable controversial consequences and achieve ‘technological neutrality’. en eponyms