What's Your Fitzpatrick Skin Type?
Are you ready to take this quiz to know what your Fitzpatrick skin type is? The Fitzpatrick scale, developed by Thomas B. Fitzpatrick in 1975, is a numerical classification schema for identifying human skin color accurately. It was developed as a means to estimate the response of varying skin types to ultraviolet light. So, answer some questions with honesty, and we will help you find out the answer you came for. Share this quiz with others too.
- 1.
What is your eye color?
- A.
Light blue, green, or gray
- B.
Blue, gray, or green
- C.
Brown
- D.
Dark brown
- E.
Black
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- 2.
What is your natural hair color?
- A.
Red or light blonde
- B.
Blonde or light brown
- C.
Chestnut or dark blonde
- D.
Dark brown
- E.
Brownish Black
- F.
Black
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- 3.
What is your skin color?
- A.
Reddish
- B.
Pale
- C.
Beige or olive
- D.
Light brown
- E.
Dark brown
- F.
Black
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- 4.
Do you have freckles?
- A.
Many
- B.
Several
- C.
Few
- D.
Rarely
- E.
None
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- 5.
How would you best describe your skin experience when exposed to the sun?
- A.
Painful blisters and or peeling
- B.
Mild blisters and or peeling
- C.
Burns with mild peeling
- D.
Burning and peeling are rare.
- E.
No burning or peeling
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- 6.
How would you best describe your sunburn potential?
- A.
Always burns without tanning
- B.
Usually burns but can still tan
- C.
Occasionally burns but tans moderately
- D.
Seldom burns and tans easily
- E.
Rarely burns and tans profusely
- F.
Never burns
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- 7.
How would you best describe your face sensitivity?
- A.
Very sensitive
- B.
Sensitive
- C.
Sometimes sensitive
- D.
Resistant
- E.
Never have had a problem
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- 8.
How often do you tan?
- A.
Never
- B.
Seldom
- C.
Sometimes
- D.
Often
- E.
Always
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- 9.
When was your last tan?
- A.
+3 months ago
- B.
2-3 months ago
- C.
1-2 months ago
- D.
Weeks ago
- E.
Days
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- 10.
How would you best describe your ethnic heritage?
- A.
Celtic Caucasian
- B.
Caucasian, light-skinned European
- C.
Caucasian, dark-skinned European
- D.
Caucasian, Mediterranean
- E.
Middle Eastern, Indian, Asian, Hispanic
- F.
Aborigine, African, African-American
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