Table 2.

Lancer ethnicity scale (A) and Goldman world classification scale (B) reprinted with permission

A)				B)
Geography	Fitzpatrick	LES Skin		European/Caucasian - white	a) Pale, cannot tan, burns easily, no post
	Skin Type	Type			inflammatory pigmentation
African background	V	5			b) Tan, rarely burns, rarely develops post
Central East, West African	V	5			inflammatory pigmentation
Eritrean and Ethiopian	V	5			c) Deep tan, never burns, develops post
North African, Middle East					inflammatory pigmentation
Arabian background Sephardic Jewish	III	4		Arabian/Mediterranean/Hispanic	a) Pale, cannot tan, burns easily, no post inflammatory pigmentation
Asian background	IV	4
Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese Filipino, Polynesian	IV	4		- light brown	b) Tan, rarely burns, rarely develops post inflammatory pigmentation c) Deep tan, never burns, develops post inflammatory pigmentation
European background	II
Ashkenazi Jewish	I	3
Celtic	III	1
Central Eastern European	I-II	2
Nordic	I	1
Northern European (general)	III	1-2		Asian - yellow	a) Pale, cannot tan, burns easily, no post inflammatory pigmentation b) Tan, rarely burns, rarely develops post inflammatory pigmentation c) Deep tan, never burns, develops post inflammatory pigmentation
Southern European, Mediterranean		3-4
Latin/Central/South American back-ground	IV			Indian - brown	a) Pale, cannot tan, burns easily, no post inflammatory pigmentation b) Tan, rarely burns, rarely develops post inflammatory pigmentation c) Deep tan, never burns, develops post
Central/South American Indian		4
North American background	II				inflammatory pigmentation
Native American (including Inuit)				African - black	a) Pale, cannot tan, burns easily, no post
		3			inflammatory pigmentation
					b) Tan, rarely burns, rarely develops post
					inflammatory pigmentation
					c) Deep tan, never burns, develops post
					inflammatory pigmentation

Source: Lancer HA, 1998. 73 and Shiffman MA, et al, 2008. ⁷⁴