If you are more accustomed to seeing dark skin color around you, my bet is that you are better able to see blushes (and other color changes with mood) on a dark-skinned face. It is sometimes said that even on the darkest face a blush can be seen, but it looks different than on a white person, sometimes called "blushing brown" or "the black appears to get deeper." Is any of this true? (Please, no racist jerks respond.)
2006-08-09 09:30:58 · 8 answers · asked by A professor (thus usually wrong) 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
I should add: If you are not yourself very dark skinned--or have not grown up and lived primarily among very dark-skinned--then perhaps you are yourself less able to see blushes on the very-dark-skinned. Ideally, the best respondent would not only be very-dark-skinned, but have grown up primarily among family/friends of the same color. (E.g., if a very-dark-skinned person grew up in Norway, they probably would be just as bad at interpreting skin-color changes on dark skin as the average Norwegian.)
2006-08-09 09:40:46 · update #1
I'm fairly dark and have been told that I blush... although I've never seen it and never observed anyone else my complexion blush.
2006-08-09 09:42:50 · answer #1 · answered by hyperhealer3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No matter how dark the skin tone, there is still the facial expression that indicates blushing. The smile, the nose movement, the increased eye blinking, and yes the shade of skin that changes color. You need more Afro-Americans in your life buddy!
2006-08-09 09:38:05 · answer #2 · answered by Swordfish 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Being a fair skin black woman, I have to say I have not seen any dark skin black people blush. I mean you can tell if they are embarrassed or excited by their expression more than the color of their cheeks...
2006-08-09 09:36:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If they are too dark for the blood vessels to show, then all you have to go on is their overall facial expression.. you can usually tell if someone is uncomfortable... whether you're black or white!
2006-08-09 09:36:51 · answer #4 · answered by miss_ruby_topaz 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
We can tell if we are looking. Our skin does not get darker it reddens just like fairer people's skin. The darker we are the harder it is to tell. but if we really looked for it we could see it.
2006-08-09 09:41:17 · answer #5 · answered by DREA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know not to be racist but probally not because there skin is so black
2006-08-09 09:35:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No
2006-08-09 09:34:10 · answer #7 · answered by dipset182001 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol random question. dunno
2006-08-09 09:34:31 · answer #8 · answered by BEEFSHIELD 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋