Sort Skin Tone By Ethnicity

Terrible idea. One ethnicity can have a wide range of skin tones.

Well, this video sums up part of the issue with trying to divide skin tone by ethnicity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11hU3mftkig

Also, laaaaaaaamb

Pfft, this idea is ridiculous to me just by the sheer fact that my relatives (particularly on my mom's side, most of whom are / would be considered Black / African-American) have WILDLY different skin-tones, to the point where people regularly question if we're all related in the first place. The Sims is one of the mediums where race and racial bias simply doesn't exist (at least not as we know it IRL), and that's always been one of the things I appreciate about the series, the freedom to define each sim as you like in regards to ethnicity, culture or background without limitations. I really can't see how grouping skintones by ethnicity would work in game, not to mention the backlash it could potentially lead to. I'm sure you meant well but... nah, just, nah.

EDIT: I also don't really see how it would work from a gameplay perspective, given so many generations of sims being born (assuming you aren't trying to "keep the bloodline pure" or whatever else), would the game bug out because I have, let's say, a "White" sim with an "Asian" skintone or a "Latino" sim with a "Black" skintone? I see no way you could implement such a feature and have it actually consistently work, nor do I see why anybody would want to.

What we urgently need is more hair colours.

I have a feeling this is a hit-and-run thread.

"alanmichael1;c-17268599" wrote:
What we urgently need is more hair colours.

This could be it's own thread, honestly. I need a purple hair option.

As everyone else has said, this is a bad idea. Besides the fact that dividing sims by race would just upset people, it's also unrealistic. For example, I'm a black girl. We come in basically all shades; from dark brown, to pale as snow. You've also got Indians and middle eastern people, who also come in pretty much all shades. East asians can be anywhere from pale to a tannish brown color. Even white people come in various shades, especially if they're from a place like Greece or Italy. Some white people can get mistaken for people of color because of their tan. And how about mixed people, huh? Lets say a sim's mom black, and the dad is Asian? What skin color is that? So yeah, bad idea.

"MMX;c-17268748" wrote:
I have a feeling this is a hit-and-run thread.

Or they’re just embarrassed that nobody agrees with them.

The one big problem I can see coming from this is that African Americans come in a wide range of shades from "straighten her hair and you'd swear she was a White girl" to "if she wears all black, closes her eyes, and stands in front of that black wall, she'll be perfectly camouflaged." You'd just have to put all of the shades in the Black category, just to be safe...and this is coming from a Black woman who has indeed seen her people in every single shade in the spectrum, I know what I'm talking about. Ethnic skintone categories are a bad idea just because African Americans defeat the entire purpose of the thing.

I don't feel that the current skin tones are in the best order in the game, but I wouldn't go as far as to label them. :#