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​Instructions: Each answer has a numerical value next to it. Choose one answer to each question and add up the numbers associated with your responses. Scoring is available at the end of the quiz.

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What color are your eyes?

0 – Light blue, gray, green

1- Blue, gray, or green

2 – Blue

3 – Dark Brown

4 – Brownish Black

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What is your natural hair color?

0 – Sandy red

1 – Blonde

2 – Chestnut/ Dark Blonde

3 – Dark brown

4 – Black

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What is your skin color (unexposed areas)?

0 – Reddish

1 – Very Pale

2 – Pale with a beige tint

3 – Light brown

4 – Dark brown

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Do you have freckles on unexposed areas?

0 – Many

1 – Several

2 – Few

3 – Incidental

4 – None

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What happens when you stay too long in the sun?

0 – Painful redness, blistering, peeling

1 – Blistering followed by peeling

2 – Burns sometimes followed by peeling

3 – Rare burns

4 – Never had burns

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To what degree do you turn brown?

0 – Hardly or not at all

1 – Light color tan

2 – Reasonable tan

3 – Tan very easily

4 – Turn dark brown quickly

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Do you turn brown after several hours of sun exposure?

0 – Never

1 – Seldom

2 – Sometimes

3 – Often

4 – Always

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How does your face react to the sun?

0 – Very sensitive

1 – Sensitive

2 – Normal

3 – Very resistant

4 – Never had a problem

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When did you last expose your body to the sun (or artificial sunlamp/tanning cream)?

1 – More than 3 months ago

2 – 2-3 months ago

3 – 12 months ago

4 – Less than a month ago

5 – Less than 2 weeks ago

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Do you expose your face to the sun? (for the purpose of this quiz we have changed this question from the original: Did you expose the area to be treated to the sun?)

1 – Never

2 – Hardly ever

3 – Sometimes

4 – Often

5 – Always

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Total up your points and match your score below to find your skin type.

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FITZPATRICK SCALE QUIZ SCORE

0-7 = Type I

8-16 = Type II

17-25 = Type III

25-30 = Type IV

Over 30 = Type V-VI

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Common characteristics of Fitzpatrick skin types

Type I – White skin color, blonde hair, and green eyes, always burns in the sun, has freckles. Common ethnic background: English, Scottish.

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Type II – White skin color, blonde hair, and green/blue eyes, always burns, has freckles, and is difficult to tan. Common ethnic background: Northern European.

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Type III – White skin color, blonde/ brown hair, blue/brown eyes, tans after several burns, and may freckle. Common ethnic background: German.

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Type IV – Brown skin color, brown hair, and brown eyes, tans more than average, rarely burns, and rarely freckles. Common ethnic background: the Mediterranean, Southern European, Hispanic.

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Type V – Dark brown skin color, brown/black hair with brown eyes. Tans with ease, rarely burns, and no freckles. Common ethnic background: Asian, Indian, some African

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Type VI – Black skin color, black hair, and brown/black eyes. Tans, never burns, deeply pigmented, and never freckles. Common ethnic background: African