Why is malanin in asian yellow?

Question

Why is malanin in asian yellow?

Answer 1

Yeah, Asians aren't yellow at all.  They're just a different shade of brown.  Also, it's a misconception that people with darker skin have MORE melanocytes (the cells that make the melanin), but that's incorrect.  A person of African origin has melanocytes that just work harder and make more of the good stuff than a person with less.  Melanin is awesome stuff that really is so useful for the body!

Answer 2

Because it gives us East Asians that inner glow.

Answer 3

It isn't. Melanin is the same colour in everybody.

It is just how much of it there is that makes you darker or lighter.

(And look again, asians are not yellow)