Could a humanoid alien species evolve to have a natural melanin deficiency but still have colourful skin/skin markings?
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I have a character from a homemade alien species. The species has silver/white hair and blue/violet eyes. I know these are traits of a melanin deficiency, but I imagined her having tan skin and some bright red skin markings. Could she have pale hair/eyes but colourful skin?I'm okay if the answer is no - if it's too complicated, I will just make the species all fair. I'm just curious.
For reference they evolved in a colossally sized, deep, dark rainforest so paleness probably makes sense (the colourful skin markings were for camouflage). Their environment also has a thin atmosphere so the air is thinner and temperatures are more drastic in certain places - not sure if that would effect their skin/hair/eyes.
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