What skin color was Aristotle?

[Anonymous]

I want to know your PERCEPTIONS. I don't care what skin color he actually was. Don't Google it and give me a scholarly answer.

Brown

Tan

Pale

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+1 y

Aristotle was from a small town in Thrace. In other words, WHITE. The same as Alexander, who was reported to have the softest blue eyes and almost red-brown hair. He shaved his red beard.

Brown? Tan? Do basic research people.

[DaisyM23]

probably tan, i don't think many in the mediterranean were pale except maybe the rich but i don't know if they had the same issue that rich people a few hundred years ago had in avoiding the sun...

[Asker]

He was an aristocrat. And they were white. Don't conflate modern populations with ancient ones.

[Asker]

Pericles greek wife (430BC) had NATURAL blond hair and blue eyes. So please spare me "They weren't white". Not only that but blond hair was common enough to be idealized.

[DaisyM23]

a white person can be tan you do know that right? there have been plenty of tanned white people throughout history lol, nowhere did i say aristotle wasn't white, i meant that rich people liked to be pale because being tanned was more associated with poor people who worked outside - tan can also range from like cream to olive, but as a greek he was still white - at the same time, greece wasn't simply a white country, there were most likely greek people of all shades of skin/hair colour as well as brown/black people through trade, slavery and military - immigration isn't a modern phenomenon

[strateguy632]

Mediterranean is always tan due to sun.

[Asker]

He was thracian

[CoolCatMar1]

We have some people who are pale here me included haha

[rachel776b]

his books were sort of a greyish color 🤷‍♀️

[Jackblue]

Well white, as modern Greeks are.