A dark pigment that provides skin color is known as:

A. germinativum
B. stratum corneum
C. melanin
D. melanocyte


c
Rationale: Melanin is a dark pigment that provides skin color. It absorbs UV radiation in sunlight, preventing mutations in the DNA of skin cells and other damaging effects.

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