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Monk Skin Tone Scale
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Last discussed Nov 8, 2026
A 10-shade skin tone scale developed by Harvard professor Ellis Monk, used to evaluate skin tone representation in AI and products.
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Why PMs are suddenly valuable again | Tulsee Doshi (Head of Product, Gemini)
Tulsee Doshi · Nov 8, 2026
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Used for: Evaluating skin tone representation in models, Pixel camera, and image generation
Praised: 10 skin tones built from user interviews and research; better represents a gl...
vs: Replaced the 6-tone Fitzpatrick Scale, which skewed light and was built for h...
"He had a scale of 10 skin tones that he had built through a number of user interviews and research that he had been doing over years. And we pulled that set of skin tones into our evaluations and actually redid a number of the ways that we evaluat..."
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