Researchers at St Andrews and Bristol universities examined the relationship between skin color and attractiveness, and decided that people with a yellow skin hue were perceived as particularly healthy and attractive. To us, that would mean a jaundice look, but what do we know?
It was also determined that yellow pigments, or carotenoids, from certain fruit and vegetables played a key role in producing yellowness in skin.
The results came from a study where 40 volunteers rated 51 Scottish Caucasian faces for healthiness and attractiveness.
The results will be published in the journal Evolution and Human Behaviour in March.
Ian Stephen, one of the scientists involved in the project, said the link between yellowness and carotenoids opened up new strategies for encouraging young people to eat more fruit and vegetables, especially as it took just two months of increased consumption to produce visible results.
We hope the study doesn't include yellow teeth as well.
