

Sliders are now also available when applying a sim's makeup, which means players can alter hue, saturation, brightness and opacity. Skin tones are now filterable to warm, cool, and neutral tones - along with miscellaneous to cover occult skin tones like blue and green. Today's free update adds over 100 new skin tones to the character creator, along with a customisation slider to change the light to dark value of a skin tone.


In response, executive producer Lyndsay Pearson acknowledged the team needed to do more to include a variety of skin tones and hairstyles in the game: and an update to help with that has now arrived. Many pointed out that the darker skin tones lacked vibrancy and looked ashy - while makeup often appeared patchy on some of these tones. Earlier this year, Sims 4 players asked Maxis to improve the skin tones available in the game.
