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August 22[edit]

pure black eyes, very white skin[edit]

http://img661.imageshack.us/img661/1153/6Mij3L.png

Can somebody please explain to me what’s wrong with the man in this picture? Is it just make‐up? Is it a problem with the camera? --66.190.99.112 (talk) 20:44, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That picture has been heavily modified ("Photoshopped" is the usual term, but other image editors are available). Without seeing the original, we can't tell what colour the man's skin is in reality. Tevildo (talk) 21:03, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmncmlvC40o go to 7:48. --66.190.99.112 (talk) 21:10, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That's better, thanks. The chap is wearing silver body paint (of the type that's popular with living statues). It's not his natural skin colour. Tevildo (talk) 21:30, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

He's a Grey hybrid, obviously. —Tamfang (talk) 23:29, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting that the page is at Grey alien rather than Gray (alien) - I would consider them a primarily US phenomenon, which would indicate the US spelling per WP:ENGVAR. But let's leave that to the article contributors. Tevildo (talk) 09:40, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]