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Humanae is a work in progress by Angelica Dass that can be found here on Tumblr. Follow her progress as she matches Pantone colors to real people.
About the project:

Humanae is a chromatic inventory, a project that reflects on the colors beyond the borders of our codes by referencing the PANTONE® color scheme. (PANTONE® Guides are one of the main classification systems of colors, which are represented by an alphanumeric code, allowing to accurately recreate any of them in any media. It is a technical industrial standard often called Real Color) The project development is based on a series of portraits whose background is dyed with the exact Pantone® tone extracted from a sample of 11x11 pixels of the portrayed’s face. The project’s objective is to record and catalog all possible human skin tones.

Humanae is a work in progress by Angelica Dass that can be found here on Tumblr. Follow her progress as she matches Pantone colors to real people.

About the project:

Humanae is a chromatic inventory, a project that reflects on the colors beyond the borders of our codes by referencing the PANTONE® color scheme. (PANTONE® Guides are one of the main classification systems of colors, which are represented by an alphanumeric code, allowing to accurately recreate any of them in any media. It is a technical industrial standard often called Real Color) The project development is based on a series of portraits whose background is dyed with the exact Pantone® tone extracted from a sample of 11x11 pixels of the portrayed’s face. The project’s objective is to record and catalog all possible human skin tones.

When the color “nude” doesn’t quite match you, you can refer to artist Pierre David’s Human Pantone, a redesigned version of the famous color chart that reflects the wide variety of skin types.