I hope more idols will embrace their natural skin colors in the future

I think there is a difference in idols who are genuinely perceived as “tan” (these idols usually have negative comments often said about them and their skin) and just lighting which can cause people to be tan or pale.

Posting idols in lighting which causes them to look tan is not “embracing” their natural skin IMO.

is that "embracing" their skin colour or simply not using whitening filters on pictures?

Back when Byeongkwan said

"All my members are jealous of my light skin, but actually I should be the jealous one cause I'm the only one who isn't tanned"

2017

2020

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when kgroups are on foreign shows such as this one (the graham norton show) you can really see idols' true skin colors and in good lighting as well

graham norton show doesn't put harsh white filters on their guests

the photo you posted was edited, though, idk why people thought they needed to "unwhitewash" an image that wasn't whitened

Rm and v skin definitely doesn't look like this

Embracing natural skin by posting edited pics where their skin looks darker than it actually is

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idk about the specific pictures i copied or lighting technicalities, etc.,

i just pasted them here to show how much it suits them aesthetically

The pictures you posted don't back up your statement though.

Jihyo picture has very harsh light (from sun?) which brightens her skin more than usual

RM picture is underexposed or darkened on purpose.

Only the middle picture looks normal from an exposure sense.

They're why I questioned if it's really embracing their skin or using edited pictures to say that on their behalf

@Clemon

when you will start embracing your natural non enhanced DP colour?