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The Fitzpatrick Scale, Fitzpatrick skin typing test or Fitzpatrick phototyping scale

The Fitzpatrick Scale, Fitzpatrick skin typing test or Fitzpatrick phototyping scale is a numerical classification schema for the color of skin. It was developed in 1975 by Thomas B. Fitzpatrick.

Fitzpatrick Skin Classification
Histological changes associated with chronologically aged skin begin with a thinning of the viable epidermis, with flattening of the dermal-epidermal junction. The physiologic consequence of this flattening is the increased susceptibility to shearing forces, the epidermis can be easily torn from the dermis.

The Fitzpatrick Scale

• Type I (scores 0–7) Light, pale white.

  Always burns, never tans

• Type II (scores 8–16) White; fair.

  Usually burns, tans with difficulty

• Type III (scores 17–24) Medium, white to olive.

  Sometimes mild burn, gradually tans to olive.

• Type IV (scores 25–30) Olive, moderate brown.

  Rarely burns, tans with ease to a moderate brown.

• Type V (scores over 30) Brown, dark brown.

  Very rarely burns, tans very easily

• Type VI Black, very dark brown to black.

  Never burns, tans very easily, deeply pigmented.