Is there a scientific explanation to why our brain finds white skin more attractive? I've discovered that this is true regardless of the skin colour we grew up around with. Someone who grew up in Africa would still find white skin more attractive if migrated to the west, and someone who migrated to Africa growing up in white surroundings would still find black skin less attractive. What's the scientific explanation to this? Because black as a color itself is not unpopular. People have black cars, black phones, etc. Why does our perception change when the color moves to a human body?