The Monk Skin Tone Scale is an open-source, 10-shade scale describing human skin color, developed by Ellis Monk in partnership with Google and released in 2023. [1]

Introducing the Monk Skin Tone (MST) Scale, one of the ways we are moving AI forward with more inclusive computer vision tools.

May 23, 2022 · Announced at Google I/O 2022, the Monk Skin Tone (MST) Scale has been designed to be more inclusive of the various skin tones that crop up in society, allowing more people to accurately find ...

May 11, 2022 · Monk has been studying how skin tone and colorism affect people’s lives for more than 10 years. The culmination of Dr. Monk’s research is the Monk Skin Tone (MST) Scale, a 10-shade scale that will be incorporated into various Google products over the coming months.

May 11, 2022 · Today at I/O we released the Monk Skin Tone (MST) Scale in partnership with Harvard professor and sociologist Dr. Ellis Monk. The MST Scale, developed by Dr. Monk, is a 10-shade scale designed to be more inclusive of the spectrum of skin tones in our society.

Jul 5, 2022 · Monk’s scale is a rethinking of the Fitzpatrick Scale, which has been considered the online standard. Created by dermatologist Thomas B. Fitzpatrick at Harvard Medical School in 1975, the Fitzpatrick Scale was developed to classify six tones based on skin pigmentation and response to sun exposure.

Findings from our research show that the Monk Skin Tone Scale is as easy to use as the Fitzpatrick Scale, while being significantly more representative and inclusive; and that there are high...

To improve technology’s ability to recognize a broader spectrum of skin tones, and to reduce biases that are inadvertently built into algorithms, Harvard University sociologist Dr. Ellis Monk created a 10-shade scale.

Learn about the Monk Skin Tone Scale and its impact on inclusivity in animation and tech. Understand how this new standard enhances diversity and representation in digital media. - Outmost Studio

May 15, 2023 · To help work towards fairer AI, Google researchers recently developed and open-sourced the Monk Skin Tone (MST) Scale, a new skin tone rating system to evaluate how well AI models perform across different skin tones.