Would you like to be assigned an IOC Color Check System® approved hex code for your skin color? If so, simply fill out the application below. Then send us a 160x120 pixel 300 dpi jpeg of one eye, behind one ear, an elbow, the fingernails on one hand, and one palm. Please photograph your body against a matte surface lighter than the lightest part of your body. Send all images as email attachments to coloreds@blacknetart.com. You will then be registered in our international database, with a certified hexidecimal number and customer number. (Please allow 4-6 weeks for processing.)

 

 

First, enter your email address:

1. What is your full name?

2. What is the original spelling of your name?

3. Where do you live?

Country

State/Province:

City:

Part of town:

 

4. Where were you born?

 

5. How do you currently identify racially?

 

6. How do you currently identify in terms of color? List all that apply:

 

7. How do others currently identify you in terms of color? List all that apply:

 

8. Has your skin color ever been in vogue?

 

9. When?

 

10. Where?

 

11. With whom?

 

12. Have you ever been allowed access to a place because of your color?

 

13. When?

 

14. Where?

 

15. By whom?

 

16. Have you ever been denied access to a place because of your color?

 

17. When?

 

18. Where?

 

19. By whom?

 

20. Are you male or female?

 

21. Do you have freckles?

 

22. If so, do your freckles affect how you identify in terms of skin color?

 

23. How do you describe your hair texture?

 

24. How do others describe your hair texture?

 

25. Have you ever altered the texture of your hair?

 

26. If so, to what end?

 

27. Where is your mother from?

Country

Region

City

Race

Color

Hair texture

 

28 Where is your father from?

Country

Region

City

Race

Color

Hair texture

 

29. Growing up, were you the lightest person in your household?

 

30. If so, do you have a nickname that reflects this color?

 

31. Growing up, were you the darkest person in your household?

 

32. If so, do you have a nickname that reflects this color?

 

33. Where is your mother’s mother from?

Country

Region

City

Race

Color

Hair texture

 

34. Where is your mother’s father from?

Country

Region

City

Race

Color

Hair texture

 

35. Where is your father’s mother from?

Country

Region

City

Race

Color

Hair texture

 

36. Where is your father’s father from?

Country

Region

City

Race

Color

Hair texture

 

37. List all the slurs you have ever been called by strangers.

 

38. List all the slurs you have ever been called by loved ones.

 

39. Has anyone ever checked for your color behind your ears?

40. If so, what color did they find there?

41. Is your upper lip the color of your lower lip?

42. Do you have dark knees or elbows?

43. Have you ever tried to lighten your skin?

44. If so, what part of the body?

45. By what method?

46. Have you ever tried to darken your skin?

47. If so, what part of the body?

48. By what method?

49. Have you ever lightened your hair?

50. If so, did it look natural?

51. Has your hair color ever been lighter than your skin color?

52. Are the lines in your palm darker than your palm?

53. Is your scalp lighter than your face?

54. Do you get ashy?

55. Do you know what ashy is?

 

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