ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION Asians People of skin of color comprise the majority of the world’s population. These include Asians who can be subdivided into East Asians (Chinese, Japanese, Koreans), Southeast Asians (Indonesians, Malaysians, Singaporeans, Thais, Cambodians, Vietnamese), and South Asians (Bangladeshis, Indians, Pakistanis, Sri Lankans). Those from East Asia tend to be lighter in skin color, although Koreans are more brown skinned than Chinese or Japanese. Southeast Asians are brown in skin color. East Asians and Southeast Asians are of Mongoloid ethnic background. South Asians are of Caucasian ethnic background but have brown to dark-brown skin.
