Dark. The spectrum within the color wheel where the hues of blacks and browns reside have, and will always be, villainized by the culture of humans, be it the entertainment media, the cosmetic industry, everyday lifestyle, and this overarching issue that lies within contemporary Filipino customs.

This influx of Western outlook toward the lifestyle of people has slowly, but surely, seeped into the Filipino way-of-life and has progressed into the modern world in the form of skin-lightening products, stereotypes about the dark-skinned community in shows and movies, generational bigotry, and so forth. As a consequence of this habitual mentality that has evolved throughout the years and as a cause of the colonial effect of the Spaniards toward the glorification of lighter-toned people, the predicament of discriminating Filipinos with darker skin tones, globally known as colorism, was birthed.