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A Dr. Mehmet Oz, MD , Cardiology (Cardiovascular Disease), answered. Melanocytes are the cells that are responsible for producing the pigment melanin, which gives color to skin and hair. Everyone has melanocytes, but people with dark skin produce more melanin than those with lighter skin do.
Millions of skin cells die every day. Skin cells give people's bodies their color. Everybody's skin cells are exactly the same, except they make different amounts of two substances called melanin and carotene. These two substances give skin its color. If you go out in the sun, your skin cells make more melanin.