Abstract: The skin colors of 508 Chinese male and female children, aged frombirth to 3 years old, were measured with a digital color difference meter.The results showed that the chromaticity coordinates of average skin colors ofChinese children from birth to 3 years old are x=0.3697, y=0.3524; reflectance=30.4％. Comparing the results shown in male Ss with that in female Ss,we found that there is a little difference in chromaticity, and the purity ofskin colors of the males is higher than that of the females. The results showed that the skin color of newborns tends to be morereddish, and gradually becomes yellow as they grow older. The reflectanceof skin is the lowest in the newborn child and increases with its growth, andit is the highest in the 2-3 year olds, then gradually gets lower again.The purity of skin colors in the newly-born children is the highest, and itdecreases remarkbly as the infant grows in the period of suckling, and thengradually gets higher again.

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