TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Color as a Diagnostic Determinant A1 - Burgin, Susan PY - 2021 T2 - Guidebook to Dermatologic Diagnosis AB - As we have seen, the characteristics of primary lesions, and sometimes, secondary lesions as well, can be used to create, or narrow, differential diagnoses. This chapter focuses on color as a diagnostic determinant. Color is a powerful tool that can be harnessed to create differential diagnoses. Pink, red, brown, and white are the most common colors of primary and secondary lesions that are manifest in the skin. But the skin may house other colors as well, including yellow, orange, purple, maroon, gray, blue, green, and black. In this chapter, comprehensive differential diagnoses will be discussed for each color using the wheel of diagnosis. Additionally, the causes of generalized color changes will be outlined. While tattoo artists may introduce any of these colors into the skin, this chapter will focus only on those color changes that are endogenously produced or acquired through disease states. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/08 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1175057973 ER -