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What you See and Colors
 
The UVA Light from a Woods Light causes skin to fluoresce

Listed below are some useful colors

Why is it useful to be examined with the Wood’s lamp? Normally your skin will not fluoresce, or shine, under the ultraviolet light. This test reveal different colors according to the type of skin disease, which may include:

  • Golden Yellow (Tinea Versicolor)

  • Pale Green (Trichophyton Schoenleini)

  • Bright Yellowgreen (Microsporum Audouini or M. Canis)

  • Aquagreen To Blue (Pseudomonas Aeruginosa)

  • Pink To Pinkorange (Porphyria Cutanea Tarda)

  • Ash-Leaf-Shaped Spot (Tuberous Sclerosis)

  • Bluewhite (Leprosy) Pale White (Hypopigmentation)

  • Purplebrown (Hyperpigmentation)

  • Bright White, Or Bluewhite (Depigmentation, Vitiligo)

  • Bright White (Albinism)