Melanin is often talked about in terms of skin tone, but its role goes far beyond color. This naturally occurring pigment functions as one of the body’s most important defense systems, especially when ...

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Melanin is a natural pigment found in most living organisms — it colours the eyes, hair, and the skin — and even in squid ink. This natural pigment is produced by specialised cells called melanocytes, ...

Melanin is a natural pigment produced by cells called melanocytes that maintains the pigment of our hair, eyes, and skin. It also acts as the body’s first line of defence against harmful UV rays by ...

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A group of women of different ages and races. Source: Unsplash Melanin is the major determinant of skin colour and is also responsible for absorbing harmful ultraviolet radiation to protect the skin’s ...

Melanin is the pigment responsible for human skin and hair color—and it helps protect skin cells from sun damage by absorbing ultraviolet rays and scavenging free radicals. Attempting to reproduce ...

This document proposes a new MaterialX hair BSDF node and a set of support functions which can be used to build an all purpose hair material model. The BSDF is based on the paper A Practical and ...