Roblox is a place where you are free to express yourself through your creations, which includes but is not limited to the avatar you use to join experiences with.
For as many years as I’ve been on this platform, I’ve never felt genuinely able to express myself through my Roblox avatar in the way that I desire, simply because there is a lack of realistic skin color options. To get around this, I’ve always just made my avatar a neutral color, such as pitch-black, grey, or completely white as it felt like the only alternative, as I almost feel guilty using a skin color that is not my own. To an extent, it makes me as an individual feel unaccepted on the platform.
I’m a person of mixed race. One side of my family is African American whilst the other side is Hispanic. My real skin color is very poorly represented, if at all, in Roblox.
I am requesting the ability to fine-tune the skin color of your Roblox avatar. When I press “advanced” in the avatar editor, I’d expect to be greeted with a color picker instead of the current BrickColor assortment.
If a color picker were to be added, it would completely solve this issue, as I could create my avatar in a way that I feel represents myself. A temporary solution would be to add more realistic skin colors instead of having 14 separate shades of blue.
Out of all the current skin colors available, very few of them are realistic.
To visualize my problem; below is the closest color to my skin available, which is still very far from reality:
Every color after that just represents a different, almost-caucasian skin tone:
I believe this is a feature that is long overdue. Providing the tools to allow users to express themselves at a fundamental level is essential, especially as we move forward in creating the metaverse.