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--- On Wed, 10/19/11, Sam Stutter <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Also, why does English have a term for pink? Cos half of us are girls! >>>>> ;))))) <<<<< > We don't have > a basic term for light green or light blue (discounting > metaphors and poetic forms like "eggshell" or "cerulean") > I can imagine a variation in blues much like humans. Is it > tannin which causes skin colours? I wonder what the > equivalent chemical would be in a blue blooded biology and > what skin colour would be like at very high concentrations. > Would light blue be reserved for goth and albino elves? > :) Melanin, in humans at least, as mentioned already. Maybe anthocyanin, like in blue flowers? Padraic