The main idea is to create a typology documenting the variation in skin tones across different parts of the human body.
I plan to use a photography setup that includes standardized lighting and camera settings to capture photos of different body parts: the face, hands, feet, etc. This ensures that the lighting and exposure are consistent across all photos, emphasizing differences in skin tone, brightness, contrast etc.
I plan to use image processing software, extract RGB values or other color data from each image. These values will then be plotted on a color grid, showing the skin tone range for each person.
I plan to present the collection of these colors in grid format for comparison between individuals, highlighting the diversity in skin tones even within one person. They can be sorted or ordered by greatest to least contrast, color hues, or something else that becomes apparent from the data
An example for what it might look like for one person:
