“…Of these assays, many were biochemical (enzymatic activity, melanin content) ( Suo et al, 2020 ; Shi et al, 2021 ), histological, based on gene and protein expression ( Suo et al, 2020 ; Yang et al, 2020 ; Shi et al, 2021 ; Yang et al, 2022 ), including key markers of various intracellular pathways. Of similar versatility in terms of endpoints and data output were the ex vivo platforms and those based on reconstructed tissue models ( Krutmann et al, 2020 ; Grether-Beck et al, 2021 ). The animal studies usually employed histological endpoints or assessed melanin content, melanocyte density ( Krutmann et al, 2008 ; Abbas et al, 2017 ), while clinical studies were focused primarily on the impact of pollutants on skin color at a macroscopic level ( Vierkötter et al, 2010 ; Peng et al, 2017 ; Nkengne et al, 2021 ) (refer to Section 4.3 ; Subsection 4.3.3.…”