what is an albino person?

Answer 1

It is an individual with an underproduction of melanin (the pigment that makes your skin dark).

Answer 2

An albino is a person suffering from a lack of melanism which in turn leads to an absence of normal pigmentation. The absence of pigment is observed in the body covering (skin, hair, and feathers) and in the iris of the eye. The blood vessels of the retina show through the iris, giving it a pink or reddish color, and the eyes are highly sensitive to light. Albinism is inherited as a Mendelian recessive character in humans and other animals. Through experimental breeding, races of albinos have been established among some domestic animals, e.g., mice, rabbits, pigeons, and chickens. Albino animals are sometimes held sacred, for example, white elephants in Thailand and white cattle in India. The presence of an excess of black pigment is called melanism.

Answer 3

An "albino person" is better termed as a person with albinism. Many of the responses here are only partially correct. There are several different types of albinism. Some have oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) so they lack or are devoid of pigment in their skin, hair and eyes. Thus producing a person with white hair, pale skin and pinkish eyes. Others have ocular albinsim (OA)thus lack pigment in their eyes. These people may have normal hair and skin color. Both types are very sensitive to light (if they are lacking pigment in their eyes [thus having lighter color eyes], there is nothing to filter out the light). Light is much brighter to people with albinism than to normally pigmented people. Also, People with albinism often have some degree of pendular nystagmus - a rapid back and forth movement of their eyes. This effects the clarity of their vision. The movies depict the assassin as the"evil albino" - A person with albinism would make a lousy assassin as their vision is poor!

And unlike the response from littlekitten555 - albinism does not result from incest. I am married to a man I have no blood ties to and we have a son with albinism.

To become better informed, please visit www.albinism.org

Answer 4

The king's physician in The Princess Bride was a Hollywood dramatization of an albino. Their skin and hair have no pigment. They have light sensitivity and vision difficulty.

Answer 5

It is lack of pigment in the skin and hair. It is not only humans. White rabbits are mainly albino and tend to have red eyes. It also seems to go hand in hand with deafness. Albino dogs are usually also deaf.

Answer 6

A person who lacks pigmentation normally present in hair, skin and eyes. The person may look different to many other people with pale skin and very blond/white hair. Also as they lack pigmentation in the iris the eyes may appear to have a reddish tinge.
They are regular people who have slightly unusual looks basically.

Answer 7

A person that is missing the substance that makes your skin colour! It shows up in black people more then white people. The black peoples skin who are albinos are a pinkish white colour and have pink eyes!!!!

Answer 8

A person whose body does not produce melanin. Melanin is what gives your hair, your skin, possibly your eyes pigment. Albinoism is a disorder when melanin or melanocytes are absent in the body.

Answer 9

A person or animal lacking normal pigmentation, with the result being that the skin and hair are abnormally white or milky and the eyes have a pink or blue iris and a deep-red pupil.
For futher information please check the following link:
www.albinism.org

Answer 10

an albino is something that dosen't have any colour pigments so there plae white with white hair and red eyes. you can get albino rabits, blackbirds, humans... any living thing really. it's a genetic defect or something.

Answer 11

A person that has no pigmentation, very pale white skin, blonde hair and red eyes